where is Jesus? (john 1) #2

Lord,
you gave us the
pattern
for every one of our
conversations...
our dialogues...
when You came to us as
God's Living WORD...
God's conversation
with us.

to enter into
real conversation...
to truly
participate
in authentic dialogue is
to follow Your pattern, Lord,
in looking for us
long before we look for You.

You bring the unseeable
YaHWeH into our view.

God's words
burn
their way
deep
into our hearts
by You BEING His WORD!
we could SEE God's WORD sweat
weep
rage
&
raise the dead!

in You, we could see
our God as
active
living
never content with
the status quo.

where is Jesus? (john 1)

let's keep our dialogue open...

why?

Jesus is in every dialogue...
whenever
we welcome Him
and
even before.

He is Himself
the beginner of the
greatest
dialogue ever…
the WORD
becoming one of
us
so we could hear
see
touch
&
even taste Him.

an echo from Isaiah 6

Lord,
when isaiah saw
an echo
of an echo
of Your glory
it broke him
in half.

even seeing only a
shadow-echo of Your worth
isaiah was convinced only of
being unworthy...
without hope.

yet You stepped out
from behind Your glory-echo
to make him ready
for a one-on-one
with You...
You then
talked with him...
listened to him...
accepting both his suggestion
and
a partnership with him
to save Your people.

how can we
ever doubt your
passion for saving us?

God of Jacob 4 (Psalm 46:7 & 11)

Lord,

the psalmist calls You
"The All-Mighty God"
in one breath
and
with the next, he installs
You as
"The God of Jacob."

You rule the cosmos
yet
You find the liars & cheats
and
go head-to-head with them
until
they beg You for
a grace
a mercy
a blessing.

we are all liars & cheats
whenever we think
our plans are best...
we all need
some time wrestling with You
so we
can lose...
so we
can beg You to bless us...
so You
can leave us a reminder
of just Who
won the fight!

You did!
You won the fight
to bless us...
You won the fight
to save us...

LIFE AS DIALOGUE

to see our lives
as a monologue where
we talk…
we act…
we live…is
to miss the deepest things
in life, Lord.

for You are
NEVER satisfied
with only one voice
speaking…even
when it is Your Own.