“COME AND SEE!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 749

August 19, 2025///

Have you ever had a new house, a new car or redecorated or had a new addition to your family and said to people, “come and see this or him or her”?

What we are saying in that statement is you cannot comprehend this until you see it. Nothing is the same in pictures as it is in person.

As I was reading John one in the Bible this morning three verses griped my heart. I want to share what I have thought before but what stood out in stark reality this day.

Jesus had come as the expression of God’s Love for us and had reached the age of 30. He had just been baptized by John the Baptist and John declared Jesus to be the “Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world”!

Two of John’s disciples (or followers) heard John and followed the Lamb of God: Jesus!

Let us look at three steps to sharing with others!

John 1:37 (KJV)

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

The first step: Follow Jesus, be interested!

John 1:38 (KJV)

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

Look at this verse. They did not say “show us a miracle”, or “give us good jobs or things”, they said we want to just be with you!

That verse is packed with meaning. They desired only to be with Him where He was.

Do we desire just to be with Him? Or do we desire more what he can do for us rather than what He can do in us as we just spend time with Him!

Yes, Jesus gives us good and perfect gifts, supplies our needs and the desires of our heart, but is that the reason we want to spend time with Him!

Jesus wants us to “Dream Big”, and “Pray Hard”, but more important is that He wants us to just be with Him!

The second step: desire just to be in His presence!

John 1:39 (KJV)

He saith unto them, COME AND SEE. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

Then Jesus says: “Come and see”! and they spent the day in His presence!

Jesus says to us, come and see what I can do in you as you spend time with me.

The other side of that is expressed in the latter part of that chapter.

John 1:45 (KJV)

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Philip had encounter Jesus and wanted his friend to have that encounter.

Do we desire those we know to encounter Jesus? Do we tell them about the one who changed our lives?

John 1:46 (KJV)

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, COME AND SEE.

Philip invited Nathanael to come and see. He did not argue about who Jesus was, he just invited Nathanael to come and see for himself.

We need to just show those around us Jesus and when they see Jesus they will desire to know Him more personally.

The third step: Invite others, to church, to a bible study, or just to know Jesus! And live a life that is an invitation to COME AND SEE!

However, we cannot invite others to COME AND SEE, when we have not seen the Savior for ourselves!

I invite you to come and see the one who KNOWS YOU BEST AND LOVES YOU MOST!

Jesus the Christ, the expression of God’s Love to all those who believe!

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Father, we come to you in Jesus’ name and desire just to see your Glory and let you change us on the inside where the real us lives! Bless each one who reads this and let them desire to see you through the Jesus the Savior of all who believe and receive! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!