"In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."
In today's quote, Jesus said, "For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."
This lesson clearly tells us that the Apostles of Jesus witnessed things that no other human being had ever witnessed before. They were so blessed as to see, first hand, the humanly impossible miracles that Jesus made happen.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to have Jesus present today so that He could do the miraculous things He did back then, and so that all those who refuse to believe in Him today could see, first hand, that He is indeed the Son of God? Wouldn't Jesus in person be a wonderful tool for those of us who wish to spread the knowledge of His amazing grace?
We should remember, WE DON'T NEED JESUS TO BE PRESENT WITH US IN A PHYSICAL BODY!
If we truly believe in Him and believe His promises, we have Him and His omniscient power, at our command, right here with us every minute of every day.
All we need to do is call on the power of the Holy Spirit through His name, having absolute faith that He will hear and answer our prayers, and His strength IS our strength.
Sadly, we don't have the courage to test our faith to the extent of moving sycamore trees or mountains.
Our faith is so weak we seldom test it at all.
We are, however, not the only believers to demonstrate weakness of faith. Jesus reprimanded His Apostles almost daily for their lack of faith. When Peter, the first Apostle chosen, walked toward Jesus on the water, Having Jesus standing right there with him, he allowed his faith to waver and began to sink, and would have, but Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him.
Although, if our faith were sufficient, we could walk on water today, we have the same blessed assurance that was extended to Peter because his faith was weak.
Just as Jesus did when Peter began to sink, when our faith wavers, He will ALWAYS reach out and pull us back to safety if we only believe in Him.
Just imagine, knowing that Jesus is always with us in Spirit, what we could accomplish if we had the faith of a grain of mustard seed.~
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