Thursday, March 15
Scripture: John 12:20-33
Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus…
While reading, meditating, and praying about the verses from John 12, I was struck by several seemly unrelated themes. I wondered about the Greeks unrequited visit and about the raw emotions they might have felt in seeking Jesus and not being rewarded. Meditating on their request to see Jesus I was hit by the truth spoken in the African American Spiritual “Give Me Jesus.”
In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
Just give me Jesus
When I am alone
When I am alone
Oh, when I am alone
Give me Jesus
When I come to die
When I come to die
Oh, when I come to die
Give me Jesus
We need to ask ourselves if we seek Jesus like the Greeks in the passage? If we are truly seeking Him, everything else will fall in place. The everything might not look like we imagine but if we are seeking we will find His great truths.
Pull up the lyrics on the computer, play the music, close your eyes, breathe the words and the music, allow yourself to be completely enveloped by the words. Continue to ask to have Jesus.
Prayer: Dear Lord, in my business I often forget to seek you, to seek your will for my life and for my circumstances. I forget whose I am and who I am serving. I attempt to take control. Please remind me daily, hourly, to ask for you.
– Teresa Swihart