Hope

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

Daily Thoughts 

January 16, 2025

Hope

Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him,

“We have found the Messiah”

John 1:41

Read John 1:35-50

When John the Baptist pointed out Jesus to two of his disciples, they immediately left John and followed Jesus. When they approached Jesus, they asked him where he was staying. They were fully intent of developing a relationship with Jesus. As were the other three disciples Jesus calls in today’s reading.

When we sense Jesus calling us to be his disciples, what is our part in developing a relationship with him? For me, this prayer of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is very helpful.

Grant me, O Lord my God,

A Mind to know you,

A Heart to seek you,

Wisdom to find you,

Conduct pleasing to you,

Faithful Perseverance in waiting for you,

and a Hope of finally embracing you.

Amen 

My Takeaway: That last line, “a Hope of finally embracing you,” . . . I can’t stop thinking about that. And I am in good company. Much of Saint Paul’s writing is about that day when he would receive the Heavenly Prize of seeing Jesus, face to face. Oh, the joy that awaits us when we get to embrace Jesus! To that end, let us keep on seeking the life in Christ as our way of life.

Sē’lah

My book on prayer,

First Think, Then Pray

is now available on Amazon Kindle.

 

(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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