“And so the Living Expression became a man and lived among us! We gazed upon his glory, the glory of the One and Only who came from the Father overflowing with tender mercy and truth!”John 1:14 TPT
John really captured the essence of Jesus. His beauty, mercy and grace and His truth. Oh to have been there! We must live by faith, having never seen Him in the flesh. Yet, we know His tender mercy!
When John says ‘we gazed upon His glory’ I am reminded of Moses asking God to see His glory and all he got to see was God’s back. The disciples saw His face, walked with Him, talked with Him and watched Him minister to the people who He saw as sheep without a shepherd.
When Jesus rose from the dead His glory would have been greater as He was an overcomer, the first born from the dead. The disciples did not insist on being with Him continually at that time, they knew Him as a different man, a risen Lord. At times they barely recognised Him eg the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
Jesus did overflow with tender mercy and truth. He did not rail against the sinner, He merely told them, “go and sin no more!” His mercy brought them close and caused them to love Him. I am particularly thinking of Mary Magdalene . She had seven demons cast out of her and she was very grateful.
Today, I am grateful for salvation, for His presence in my life, His constant companionship, His healing, His power to overcome sin. Thank You Jesus!
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