THE STORY OF JESUS: Matthew 17:9-13
“Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him.” (12)
Is it possible that God is doing something in your life right now, and you don’t realize it?
All you can see is the hard stuff, the bad stuff, or the ‘ordinary’ stuff.
Your life is many things, but it is not filled with remarkable God stuff.
Or is it… maybe like ‘Elijah’, you just don’t recognize it.
Or what about the promised messiah… people even failed to recognize Him!
“He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.” (John 1:10-11)
Could it be that God is doing someone amazing in your life, without your realizing it?
Is He setting you up for a great opportunity to share His love?
Is He using you to help someone else make a very important decision?
Is He speaking to you through that friend who is trying to warn or challenge you?
If all things work for God’s purpose, how about THAT situation your going through?
God IS restoring His creation kingdom through the promised Son of Man (Genesis 3:15).
No person, no situation, no event, etc. is trivial in the plan of God.
For our part, we need to start looking at our lives with God eyes.
Jesus is right there, in that poor or hungry or struggling person (Matthew 25:34-40).
Talking to the barista this morning, greeting the neighbour, meeting with that couple.
Hidden beneath the ordinary, there lies the extraordinary – God with us!
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, I need a new way of seeing, eyes of faith to recognize Your hand at work. Help me to see it, and to know that You are still finishing the work that You began in me.