Jesus With Us

Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.  John 6:35 NET

We are fallen, anxious sinners, limitless in our capacity to perceive reasons for Jesus to ignore us, turn away from us, cast us out. We are great at resisting Christ’s offer of unconditional love and acceptance, grace. Even when we run out of reasons in our imagination to be cast out, such as specific sins or failures, we tend to retain a vague idea that, given enough time, Jesus will finally grow tired of us and hold us at arm’s length.

Maybe it’s because we do not see ourselves as God does. Beloved children, mistake making people who are really just searching to belong, have hope and have someone care about the day they just had, or the years of struggle they survived. 

Perhaps it isn’t sins so much as sufferings that cause some of us to question the perseverance of the heart of Christ. As pain piles up, as numbness takes over, as the months go by, at some point the conclusion seems obvious: we are alone. But we are not! What a message the Bible repeatedly teaches us! Jesus Christ is with us then, now and tommorrow.