What Are You Seeking? Come and See Jesus

``But it means they wanna go to where Jesus is. Right? They wanna spend some time with Jesus. They wanna learn from the great teacher, the great rabbi. They wanna know what he has to bring them. And I think that question, Rabbi, where are you staying? Might be bigger than we realize. It might even be bigger than they realize. The word that's translated there as where are you staying to stay. It's a word that John's gospel uses frequently, and in most places it's translated as abide. Where are you abiding Jesus? [00:40:12] (31 seconds)  #AbideWithJesus

You remember when you were little and people would ask you things like, hey, what are you gonna be when you grow up? You all remember that? I used to get asked that a lot. And you know, I'd I'd give different kind of answers, you know. I wanna be a fireman when I grow up or I wanna be an astronaut when I grow up or maybe even I wanna be Batman when I grow up. Right? I remember a lot of people asking me, what do you wanna be when you grow up? I don't really remember anyone asking me, who do you want to be when you grow up? But maybe that's a good question for young people and maybe older people too to be chewing on and wrestling with. What sort of me do I wanna be? What sort of me do I wanna become? [00:27:40] (46 seconds)  #WhoDoYouWantToBe

Abiding in John's gospel is about sharing or communing in the very life of God who comes to us in Jesus Christ. So they ask Jesus, where are you abiding? Where can we go to be at that place where you abide? Because that's what we need. [00:41:09] (21 seconds)  #AbideInGod

Come, he says, walk with me and you'll find out. You'll find out what you're really looking for. You'll find out what you really were made for. That's what churches and bibles and sacraments and small group ministries and prayer groups and and all of it. That's what it's all for so that we can abide with him and he in us the way that he designed and intended for us. And great things come from that. He will do great things in us with that. [00:42:27] (37 seconds)  #FindWhatYouWereMadeFor

So Jesus asks, what are you seeking? Really, what are you after? And then Jesus is saying, come come walk with me. Come and see. Come and see what I will do in you and how I will transform you and deepen you and enlarge you beyond yourself. Come and see what will happen as you walk with me. [00:46:00] (24 seconds)  #WhatAreYouSeeking

You may not realize it, but Jesus calls you to greatness. He calls you to be a great woman or a great man. That is what he wants. Not in terms of wealth or power or worldly fame or something like that or winning the like whatever competition. He calls us to greatness in virtue, in holiness, greatness in terms of goodness, greatness in terms of a life full of God and filled with his love and his spirit. [00:43:03] (35 seconds)  #CalledToHoliness

And God's word speaks to us who believe in him. We are sanctified in Christ and we are called to be saints. You can take that as a promise too. That's what he's gonna do with you as you walk with him, as you're open to him. That's the promise that is declared and named over your life. Is that what you wanted? Might be worth asking. But I think you'll find that actually that is what you wanted whether or not you knew it. [00:45:28] (32 seconds)  #CalledToBeSaints

And it's interesting that they don't give Jesus a direct answer. Maybe what they're seeking is too big to even like put into words. They're they're hoping for so much a national deliverance. The renewal of Israel as a people, the fulfillment of all the prophecies, the coming true of all the songs and more personal forgiveness. A personal connection with the very life of the eternal God. Maybe their desires are so huge, they dare not even put them into words or say them out loud. [00:38:50] (38 seconds)  #LongingBeyondWords