A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY

January 24🌷🌷

“… Sir, we would see Jesus” (John 12:21)

Suppose you are like a filthy, dirty beggar and you go to see a king. Imagine you are in filthy, dirty garments, which have not been changed for years; and your hair very long not cut for years; and you have had no bath for many weeks. In such a condition you go before the great king. You say, “Your majesty, I want to see your face for one minute”. And the king says to you, “Come inside”. First, he calls for the barber and asks him to give you a nice hair cut. He sees that you are washed and then brings you a new garment and makes you to put it on. Then he brings you outside and says, “Go now as my prince”. How would you feel at such a time? You came in as a dirty, filthy beggar, to see the king for a minute, and you go out as a prince! With the very same desire our Lord was saying to the Greeks who came to see Him, “You only want to see me for a few moments, but I want you to see Me and become like Me”. But how could that be possible? To show this He was saying (John. 12:24) , “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abideth alone”. Now, we know that one tiny grain brings forth hundreds of other grains. In the same way the Lord was teaching, “I must die so that not only these Greeks, but the whole world may be able to see Me for ever, and whoever sees Me may become like Me”. Thus our Lord thought plainly and clearly that He was not drawing men by miracles, signs and wonders, or by other worldly means, but by His being lifted up upon the cross.Some years ago many Indians thought that by putting on western clothes they would become Christians. They adopted western names like George, Henry, Charles and so on. Change of name, or change of garments cannot make you a Christian. The Lord said, “I will change you and make you like Myself”. When a grain of wheat dies it brings forth the same kind of grain in the whole stalk. Christ died that we all might become like Him.