Author: psuping1

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Awe!

John 1:50 – Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

The Holy Spirit is so Good, He makes things make sense so much even the most simplest of verses that we often skip or overlook, He is able to make us pause and dwell on a particular sentence, word or phrase. In the above mentioned verse what stood out for me was definitely the latter part of the verse which sees Jesus assuring Nathanael (us) that we will see greater things than these.

Now the context of the verse is important, however the Holy Spirit revealed this text so amazingly to me, God wants me to NOT limit Him to things He has already done in my life. To fear God means to stand in Awe of Him and God makes it His duty to continuously exceed our expectations. I know I often expect God to maybe do things for me the way He did them before, but that is me limiting the Almighty, Al Sovereign God and Jesus saying that we will see greater things than these means I should raise up my level of expectation for God to move in my life, I should keep setting the bar high because my God wants to do greater things in my life.

God give me a fresh pair of eyes every day to see You in a new and fresh way daily, it is important for me to stand in awe of You always and I want to make it my lifestyle to expect good because my God is good. So there may be challenges but I want to expect Your Goodness to come out of those challenges. I want to make expecting Your Goodness all the time my lifestyle because You God said that Your Goodness and Mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I choose to believe Your Word in Jesus Name Amen.

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ID

Identity! What comes to mind when referring to the word IDENTITY? For majority of my life and by that I mean it is still something that comes and goes but I have struggled immensely with my identity and what that word even means in my life. As I was diving in the Gospel of John, chapter 1 I specifically stood in awe of the entire chapter and for me verses 33 to 34 spoke about identity here’s how;

John the Baptist said in these chapters “I myself did not know Him (referring to Jesus), but He Who sent me to baptize with water said to me ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.” For me the Holy Spirit gave this to my heart as saying He gives identity I mean it is clear to see in the scripture Jesus was really a regular guy, He was not rich or standing out particularly during this time when He was beginning with His ministry, however we see how the Holy Spirit came upon Him like a dove and John continued to say at the end of verse 34 that he was then convinced that Jesus is the Son of God. Why? the Holy Spirit gave Him identity.

I then took this scripture along with a few more scriptures which I will mention, as confirmation that my identity is given, maintained and sustained by the Holy Spirit Himself. He came to live in me making me a new person, and all the changes in me are really because of the Holy Spirit. No self-help books or motivational speaker changed me, just the Spirit of God.

Having the Holy Spirit has sealed my identity, not what I do, where I am from, what I have or where I am headed to. The Holy Spirit is the only Being that continues to define me and give me identity and meaning. Romans 8:14 says ” For ALL who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” Then verse 16 continues to say “The Spirit Himself (Meaning God Himself) bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” So God not only affirms us but He justifies us and does not disown me when I sin, I am still His even when I sin. Check out 2Cor 1:21-22 “And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us and who has also put His seal on us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.” A guarantee of what? that I am a daughter of God the Father and I belong solely to Christ and nothing will ever undo this because the Holy Spirit who has defined me is eternal.

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Light

John 1:5- The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

The introduction of John in the beginning verses of chapter one really introduces Christ to us and gives us a picture of when we say He is the Beginning and the End.
I have learned from this scripture in particular how Christ is Light that no darkness can overcome.

This has two distinct features, literally Christ is the Word “Let there be Light” and we see Him as the Light in our lives figuratively as well. Both these distinctions are shown in this one scripture.

I am writing this at 1:38 am and I live in a rural area where the sky is so beautiful and unhindered by city lights at night. It’s amazing how even in the darkest of nights, the stars and/or the moon shines and make a world of difference to a dark sky. This is Jesus to me literally. Look at the latter part of the scripture it says “… and the darkness has not overcome it.” Jesus is Light in the purest form and no darkness can ever dim Him as Light. He invades darkness and overcomes it.

It is the same in my life as a Christian who makes countless mistakes and have dark areas in my life, Jesus is the Light in me, He lights up my life making no darkness able to overcome His light. My own sin can never overcome the Light that Jesus Christ has placed in my life.

Another way to look at this scripture which deems Jesus as the Light is the fact that Jesus Christ has brought to light the love of God and the truth about God, the Father. That He is caring, loving and not an angry God. This is Light because darkness has many of us convinced that God is this angry tyrant who wants everyone to follow a set of rules, this could not be further from the truth. How incredible it is to know that the Light has revealed the Truth to us.