Listening to a Different Voice
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Max Lucado, and the Scripture is in the excerpt.
I witnessed something similar to this on an airplane once. I kept hearing outbursts of laughter. The flight was turbulent and bumpy, hardly a reason for humor. But some fellow behind me was cracking up. No one else, just him. Finally I turned to see what was so funny. He was wearing headphones and apparently listening to a comedian. Because he could hear what I could not, he acted differently than I did.
The same was true with Jesus. Because he could hear what others could not, he acted differently than they did. Remember when everyone was troubled about the man born blind? Jesus wasnt. Somehow he knew that the blindness would reveal God s power (John 9:3). Remember when everyone was distraught about Lazarus s illness? Jesus wasnt. Rather than hurry to his friend s bedside, he said, This sickness will not end in death. It is for the glory of God, to bring glory to the son of God (John 11:4). It was as if Jesus could hear what no one else could. How could a relationship be more intimate? Jesus had unbroken communion with his father.
Do you suppose the Father desires the same for us? Absolutely. Paul says we have been predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son (Rom. 8:29 NRSV). Let me remind you: God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus. God desires the same abiding intimacy with you that he had with his son.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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