John 7: 1-2, 10, 25-30
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him. Now the Jewish festival of Booths was near.
But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then he also went, not publicly but as it were in secret.
Now some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, ‘Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill? And here he is, speaking openly, but they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Messiah? Yet we know where this man is from; but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.’ Then Jesus cried out as he was teaching in the temple, ‘You know me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.’ Then they tried to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. USCCB approved.
Come to Know Jesus
Do you really know Jesus? I think this is the question being asked in this passage. How often do we find ourselves confused about who Jesus is and how he works in our lives? Yet, we cannot settle for this. Jesus is challenging us to work through this confusion and to truly come to know him. The more we come to know Jesus, the richer our lives will be. The more we come to know Jesus, the more clarity we will have each day. The more we come to know Jesus, the more joyful our lives will be.
Amen.
—Ed DeVenney is a campus minister at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland.
Prayer
Thanks be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ,
for all the benefits thou hast given me,
for all the pains and insults thou hast borne for me.
O most merciful redeemer, friend and brother,
may I know thee more clearly,
love thee more dearly,
and follow thee more nearly, day by day.
Amen.
—St. Richard of Chichester