Believe Me

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. John 14:11

"Believe Me," Jesus calls from the disciples, hoping that here even near the end they will believe like children all He said to them. Pure faith remains difficult for them, as it does for us, and so they have a second choice. A starting point, if you will. Believe in Him because of the works the disciples had seen Him perform many times. Of course Jesus does not want either them or us to remain in an 'or else' sort of faith. Later in the chapter, Jesus will tell His disciples that the Helper, the Holy Spirit, would teach them all things. That is a nice way of letting them know they need more training. Are we any different? Our faith will be trained and tested until it is the pure faith our Lord wants for us.

Let us together learn to believe His every word,

Bucky