Home to Jesus

Jesus is calling us.

21 He said to them again, “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin.[a] Where I am going you cannot come.” 22 [b]So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. 24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM,[c] you will die in your sins.” 25 [d]So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What I told you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.” 27 They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. 28 So Jesus said [to them], “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. 29 The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.” 30 Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.-John8:21-30

Sincere words can move the hardest of hearts. Here, Jesus' sincere words touched the hearts of the people that 'many came to believe in him.' Jesus is continually inviting us to come to Him. However, the hardness of our hearts do prevent us from going home to Him. But, all is not lost. I do believe that Jesus has faith in us too that we can find our way home to Him. Jesus is inviting us to accompany Him on His way to Calvary through prayer and meditation.

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