by Geffry Fields
geffry@interlinc.net
We don't have to know how...
we just know that He will.
Jesus appears to us in surprising and unexpected ways. He sometimes comes to us in a very common package. In life's distractions, stresses and other interests we may have, he may miss the delightful and welcomed appearances He has for us.
Tris, a single mom friend of mine, was telling me on the phone recently that she had not gotten a new job yet and was out of money. I said to Tris that she needed to just believe... you don't need to know how it will come, but Jesus will show up and assist her.
(Well, honestly, it is easier to have faith for someone else when they are stressed than it is when you are there too.)
So as we ended our conversation, Tris decided to just believe and know she will be taken care of some how.
The thought stuck in my mind though...
we don't need to know how, but that He will.
Jesus Spirit delights to surprise us.
Remember as a kid, when you really wanted something and had no clue that you would ever get it. Then, to your striking surprise, it shows up.
Someone somewhere heard you and responded. Because it was so important to you they wanted to surprise you with it.
What is very important and sometimes crucially necessary to have at a crucial time,
comes to us in a way that delightfully surprises us. When it is very important to us, Jesus many times presents it to us in a surprising way. He wants to know He was involved, Heard us and wants us to know without a doubt it was from Him.
It is believing it will happen, but not necessarily knowing right then how it will happen.
Well, after talking to Tris, later that same night, she said she got a call shortly after we got off the phone and one of her relatives (who didn't know the desperation of the circumstances), out of the clear blue, decided to send some money. It was in the mail and to be looking for it. Jesus showed up... through an unexpected source.. but at just the right time. Tris was elated.
Dr. A elaborated on this idea. He pointed out that after His death, Jesus appeared to two of his followers while they were walking along a road. The followers were grieving over His death. This person began walking alongside them and talking with them and they didn't even realize it was Jesus (as they knew He was dead and didn't conceive He would be showing up again). He might have looked like a common person, so the followers didn't even recognize who He was.
Here's what Dr. A. saw here.
The two were talking together with great intensity.
Jesus gave them particular attention because of their harmony with each other and their concern for matters related to what Jesus is about.
They were so focused on themselves. They did not notice that Jesus was present. Sometimes we must get outside ourselves...our self interests interfere with seeing Jesus Spirit among us. They were so occupied with their thoughts they totally overlooked, that the answer to their thoughts was right beside them.
In the midst of doubt and discouragement, Jesus will appear. When we, who recognize the Jesus Spirit in Us, communicate on matters of concern among us, we need to be open to "how" Jesus comes to solve the matter.
"If Jesus came to them in the midst of their doubt, He will come to us in our time of anxiety. Understanding the powers of the law of spiritual relationship among believers should have calmed their sense of loss." (Dr. A)
Jesus appeared to His followers along the shore and again they didn't recognize Him.
It is not always easy to recognize the ways Jesus Spirit enters our lives to bring Supernatural solutions to our lives.
So not to miss Jesus Spirit among us, we should keep our minds open to all ways...even things that may disturb us... that Jesus will use to personally deliver His response in a very surprising and delightful way.
He delights to surprise us!
Dr. A summarized how Jesus presence is manifested among us and for us:
1. Jesus meets us in the common activities of our lives. He may be the person just sitting next to us at the coffee shop, or mechanic fixing our car.
2. When He is the center of our focus He blesses the bread we have. He works through what we have to accomplish the seemingly incapable but hoped for.
3. It is during our sharing with another, who believes that Jesus is in Us, is when Great Heavenly Power goes to work! This is an exceptionally super power principle of Spiritual manifestation in our lives. He reveals Himself personally, in response to our grief, deep felt heart's desires, when at least two share passionately about mutual interests.
While I was talking to Tris about her situation, Jesus was with us... for real... He was there within our sharing. Two in Jesus Spirit who share actually invite His real presence with them. This is so powerful when you take a minute to think about it.
And especially note... Jesus comes in unexpected surprising ways.!
In Tris' case, Jesus Spirit communicated to someone a 1000 miles away to help her outside of anyone else's direct communication.
4. Many times, like when Jesus followers recognized Him, He vanished. When we accept the Active, within us, Power of Spirit of Jesus is at work through all our lives... the Presence and Hope of His response to things related to His Principles can spring up anywhere, through anyone, at any time.
5. This experience is transforming as it motivates us to then proceed boldly as we saw how the Supernatural of Spirit took over and makes something happen out of nowhere, but maybe through something so simple we could have completely overlooked it.
The feature principle here is that Spirit of Jesus in Us, when shared, and when constantly shared, keeps these Supernatural happenings happening all the time.
As long as we share the Spirit of Jesus transfigured in us to all those around us.
And with Jesus in Us, He also has us be the delivery person, on the behalf of others. We have the joy to be the surprise package Jesus Spirit is leading to someone else.
Jesus is Us and when we share, mutually of the same Jesus Spirit...
He shows up.
Whether in a business meeting with a close associate, or a couple sharing, when Jesus Spirit is the center of Us, Jesus Spirit comes and responds to what we are talking about. This is an every day power that is actively in operation for those who live Jesus is Us.
And He delights to surprise how and when.
We don't need to know how...just that He will.
Expect this happening to happen in your life...
Jesus Spirit constantly Delightfully Surprising you!
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