Greater Things - July 22, 2010

Good Thursday morning! Ah, the fine beauty of the early morning; it was even cool enough to keep the mosquitoes from bothering me too! Hundreds of photos to go through on this nice morning. The good news about is that I am losing fewer of them due to my own mistakes. The bad news is pretty much the same thing...

Do you sometimes think that you have believed something a little too easily? Perhaps even been taken in before you had a chance to really think over what you said? Nathanael was correct in calling Jesus "Rabbi", but Jesus had much more to show him as we read in today's verse.

Jesus asked him, "Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this." (John 1:50)

I often get the same impression in my photography. I thank God for the wonderful sunrise and He says that I will see greater things. Nathanael was no doubt astonished at what Jesus had known and said about him. But there was more and greater things to come? I wonder what things Nathanael imagined right then, or perhaps he was too stunned to even think what Jesus might mean by his statement. In the Gospels and the Acts we get to read about only some of the greater things. The prophecies in Revelation, Peter, 2 Thessalonians, and in Christ's own words tell us that we have yet to see some of God's greatest works. Try to imagine the angel flying across the sky yelling "Woe!" to the nations or the darkening of the sun by a third. What longing we feel for the appearance of our Lord Jesus on his white horse or the gathering of the heavenly host at the last battle, or even the coming down of the New Jerusalem as God comes to live with His people on the New Earth! All of these things sound especially fantastic in the light of a new day on plain old Earth. However, the Bible assures us that these greater things will come in their appointed time. Trust in God for your salvation, and then trust in Him for the greater things that He has promised through His Son!

We have a new day to enjoy in Christ. Live it up!

Bucky