John 3:31-33
“The One who comes from above is head and shoulders over other messengers from God. The earthborn is earthbound and speaks earth language; the heavenborn is in a league of his own. He sets out the evidence of what he saw and heard in heaven. No one wants to deal with these facts. But anyone who examines this evidence will come to stake his life on this: that God himself is the truth.”
“He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthy things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else. He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them! Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true.”
Christ told us what he heard and saw of the eternal, who God is. Many reject his personal witness yet are quick believe another’s. They care not to fairly examine Christ’s words. Believers do this too. We allow the world to distract us by overwhelming our senses. Hearing God’s word requires wrenching ourselves away from the tyranny of the urgent. It requires a violent assertion of our will to seek God. It is a war we fight every moment. Eternity is blessedly free of this theater and we can rest in God without fighting the urge to do it our way. We long for it! For now, victory in the many skirmishes with our self preach truth to the world. Some will notice and find rest in Christ’s witness of eternal truth.
Lord, please give me persistence in this fight. Strengthen my will to resist laziness in my soul. May my desire for you become a craving, ever reaching out for more of you.