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"Have I been with you so long, and yet you have
not known Me, Philip?" - John 14:9
Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us-astounded at how “un-simple” we are.
It is our own opinions that make us dense and slow to understand, but when we
are simple we are never dense; we have discernment all the time. Philip expected
the future revelation of a tremendous mystery, but not in Jesus, the Person he
thought he already knew. The mystery of God is not in what is going to be-it is
now, though we look for it to be revealed in the future in some overwhelming,
momentous event. We have no reluctance to obey Jesus, but it is highly probable
that we are hurting Him by what we ask-”Lord, show us the Father . . .” (John
14:8 ). His response immediately comes back to us as He says, “Can’t you see
Him? He is always right here or He is nowhere to be found.” We look for God to
exhibit Himself to His children, but God only exhibits Himself in His children.
And while others see the evidence, the child of God does not. We want to be
fully aware of what God is doing in us, but we cannot have complete awareness
and expect to remain reasonable or balanced in our expectations of Him. If all
we are asking God to give us is experiences, and the awareness of those
experiences is blocking our way, we hurt the Lord. The very questions we ask
hurt Jesus, because they are not the questions of a child.
“Let not your heart be troubled . . .” ( 14:1, 27 ). Am I then hurting Jesus by
allowing my heart to be troubled? . If I believe in Jesus and His attributes, am
I living up to my belief? Am I allowing anything to disturb my heart, or am I
allowing any questions to come in which are unsound or unbalanced? I have to get
to the point of the absolute and unquestionable relationship that takes
everything exactly as it comes from Him. God never guides us at some time in the
future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the
freedom you receive is immediate.
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