Today’s Thought “Great Listening Skills” G. Ward

John 14:1

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.”

 

The 12 chosen by Christ – who’d initialize the spread of the good news of redemption (of sins)  by this Jesus, would be overwhelmed in grief as our Lord would share HIS soon departure (13:1) and whereas our Savior would instruct them from the beginning – to take nothing for such a journey (Luke 9:3), even leaving them further perplexed at what this meant and whereas HIS desire was to first model an exemplary dependence on the Father, HE’D teach them accordingly.

The journey would begin with thunder as they’d marvel in this Exemplar Leader’s majestic, yet humble authority, relying on HIM so profoundly, while looking to HIM for righteousness, that taught them how to correlate in a world so oppositional to HIS holiness and whereas this follow-ship happened for what appeared to be a lifetime (but only three years), listening to HIM was marginalized by their desire to have HIM as more than enough – forever.

We’ve written that you may know HE’S still alive (*Ro.10:13) …