Thursday, 8 March 2018

Celtic Lent Day 20

The miracles of Jesus were an ordinary thing for his father, but small enough for us to see, and actioned swiftly enough for us to notice.
George MacDonald

I'm often so fixed upon what Jesus said in the gospel accounts that I don't pay attention to what he did. Does one matter more than the other? They both form our idea of who he was.
Do what I say and what I do match each other? What do my works say about who I am? Am I living out what I preach in my sermons?

Scripture
Philip said to him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, “Show us the Father”? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14.8-13

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