RECOGNIZING JESUS?

RECOGNIZING JESUS?


Do you RECOGNIZE the
PRESENCE of Jesus
In your life?


BE READY=be aware=
You never know WHEN=where=
Or how Jesus is COMING


“........while they
WERE conversing and debating


Jesus himself drew NEAR
And walked with them


But their eyes were PREVENTED
From recognizing him” Luke 24:15-16


Do you RECOGNIZE
The presence of JESUS
In your life?
Do you recognize
The presence of Jesus
IN OTHERS?


TODAY we read about
TWO FRIENDS on the ROAD to Emmaus
And how SLOW
They are to recognize Jesus


And HOW SLOW
Are we
To recognize Jesus
In the ordinary events
OF OUR LIFE?


And in the big events=
SOMETIMES even when a MIRACLE
Is taking place


RECOGNIZING Jesus=
Recognizing his presence=
In our FAMILIES=our friends=
And even in strangers


“By their fruit
You will RECOGNIZE them


Do you pick grapes
From thorn bushes
Or figs from thistles?” Matthew 7:16


“This is how
You RECOGNIZE
The SPIRIT of God


Every spirit
That ACKNOWLEDGES
That Jesus Christ
Has come in the flesh
IS from God” 1 John 4:2


“WE are from God
And whoever KNOWS God
Listens to us


But whoever is
NOT form God
Does not listen to us


This is how we
RECOGNIZE the Spirit of TRUTH
And the spirit
Of falsehood” 1 John 4:6


God=JESUS=is not
Always in the KNOWN
Is not always
In the recognizable


This is WHY
The two FRIENDS on the road
To Emmaus
Did not recognize Jesus


He did not appear
To them in RECOGNIZABLE FORM


But we will ALWAYS
Recognize God=recognize Jesus
In the GOOD
That COMES from them


“SURELY= you have GRANTED him
UNENDING BLESSINGS


And made him GLAD
With the joy
Of your PRESENCE” Psalm 21:6


Dear Lord=Dear Jesus=
WE LOVE YOU!=though we
MAY NOT always
Recognize you


We RECOGNIZE the never-ending
GOODNESS AND LOVE
That you BRING
Into our lives


In the name of Jesus and in the name of HIS ALL-LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
4-3-18




Ps INSPIRED by n an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick