Do you appreciate what you have?
How wonderful it must have been to live in the times when Jesus was walking of the earth. How wonderful it must have been to be one of his disciples and learn directly from the master. The disciples were truly privileged. Jesus alerts them to remember this precious time as they referring to this future departure to his father: Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.” (Luke 17:22).
But Jesus was really pointing to the fact that His disciples should appreciate what they have.
Do we appreciate what we have as a result of the work of Jesus Christ? Yes, Jesus is not among us physically and we can see him in this form as the disciples experienced him, but we are also very privileged. We have the promised Helper, the Holy Spirit – something that even the disciples did not have at the time Jesus was on earth. We are greatly privileged as the Holy Spirit not indwells in us helping us to do the will of the Father.
If we listen to the Holy Spirit, God speaks to us! And Yes, we can’t hear the words of Jesus Christ as the disciples could, but we have the complete Word of God, something that even the disciples did not have. How privileged we are? Oh very much so!
Do you appreciate what you have?
Timothy
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Tim,
Truly we are privileged. I speak from the perspective of someone who was raised in a Christian home and was saved young in life: Through the years I have found myself taking Jesus and His grace for granted; also taking my relationship with Him for granted. It is easy to fall into a mindset that, "this is the way its always been" attitude. When I spend more time in the Word and more time in prayer - I find that i don't take Him for granted so much.
Andy
Timothy,
Thank you for the reminder of all the things we have in Christ and because of his work on the cross. I don't think I can ever be thankful enough for salvation, the HS, the Bible, freedom of religion and a multitude of other blessing we experience in our nation.
Those who walked with Jesus on earth had great fellowship with Him, but they also suffered great persecution. While many Christians around the world still suffer, we have been spared from this at present. One day we might look back at this time in history and say, "Did I appreciate what I had?"
So often we wish we could have been there right next to the disciples, following Jesus everywhere he went. I wonder if the disciples wish they had the Holy Spirit and the Bible, if they knew about it?
Even though we can't go back to Jesus time, we definitely do reap the benefits of the disciples work & life with Christ. It's easy to forget that we wouldn't have the New Testament if they weren't dedicated to the cause of Christ and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Thanks for the reminder Timothy.
~Shannon~
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