He Is Close

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 21st of October, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Genesis 28:16:

”Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”

Then we go to the book of Luke 24:15-16:

"So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.”

The two men on their way to Emmaus. Jesus arrived and walked amongst them and they did not know Him. Often we look for Jesus in famous places, in beautiful cities, in lovely church buildings. We hear great preachers preach wonderful sermons only to find out that He has been with us all along and we did not recognise it. So it’s not looking for Jesus in famous places, it’s opening our spiritual eyes and ears because He’s right there with us. 

Listen to this little story. It’s very cute, I think. It was written by an unknown author. It goes like this. The parish priest climbed up into the high church steeple to be nearer to God so that he might hand down His word to the people, and in sermon script he daily wrote what he thought was sent down from heaven and he dropped the papers down on the people’s heads two times a day. In his old age, God said, ”Come down from the steeple, it’s time to die.” And the old priest cried out from the steeple, ”Where are you Lord?” And the Lord replied, ”Down here among my people.”

Oh folks, He is so close, He is in your heart. Speak to Him today because He wants to speak with you.

Jesus bless you and goodbye.