We Would See Jesus

John 12: 20-36

I would see Jesus! I determine to see Jesus—I choose, I prefer, I'm fully about, I delight to see Jesus! He's my heart's Love and Longing, and, “As a deer pants after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.” Are you panting for Jesus today, too? Do you know with your whole being that “without Vision of Him, we perish?” Dare we come to that point of death in our longing and need for the living Christ? Do we believe that truth by our own experience, and so cry to God for the Vision that will save and nurture our lives? We need Him to supply that supernatural eyesight to see into a spiritual realm otherwise unknown to us. And He will open our eyes when we desire, with our whole hearts, to see Jesus as did these two men in John 12:21. Oh, glorious answer from our Lord when He reveals to us the crucified, risen, and reigning Jesus Christ! Awesome, life-giving Vision!

Will you come today for the Vision of God? It has changed my life, and changed the lives of the two in this story, and will change yours, too. No one can see Him and remain as they were! We'll never be the same. These two men came to Christ in connection with His people, and so must we. Jesus, the “Head” will never be separate from His “Body”, so we will come to that supernatural union with His people. Don't believe those who sit off separated in their own private lives, claiming Vision and Life in Christ. It cannot be! It's not God's way! But when we come seeking Jesus, His way, what a Vision He gives! Are we ready for His Vision, or do we cling to what we think we will see—our interpretations and ways—and so remain blind? Jesus shows us His glory, which always reveals our sin and darkness, and puts us on our faces in repentance. It is always so! Jesus shows us His death on the Cross for our sin, and, Oh, how that Vision judges us! He's that kernel of wheat that falls into the ground and dies to reproduce His life in us. Thus, as His followers, we will be as He was in this world—no longer living our own lives, but His!

So do you love your life in this world? If so, you'll remain blind and lose that life you hold so dear. Do you hate—detest—your life apart from Christ? If so, agree with God concerning His judgment, reject the old, let it be crucified with Christ, and you'll receive from Him His own resurrected eternal life! Then He calls us to follow in His footsteps to also be that kernel of wheat that falls into the ground and dies to bring other souls to life. We will know our glorious purpose in Christ—to give all of our lives to and for Him and others, and we will no longer desire to be saved from such glorious service. And most amazing of all, we, too, will hear the Voice from Heaven declaring that through Christ, and now through us, who know His indwelling Spirit, God is glorified and will be glorified again! Then we will be able to cry to Satan, with God's authority, “Let my people go!” and the enemy of souls must surrender them! Now, who will come out of darkness and into the Light? Jesus Christ has opened the way!

~ Cindy Warren