Recognizing Jesus

 

 John 1: 29-34

John Testifies About Jesus

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ³¹ I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

³² Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. ³³ And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”

How blessed was John to recognize Jesus and present him to the world to us! Are we able to recognize Jesus   in one another, in the events of our daily lives, and are we able to point him out to others?   Do our words and actions bear witness to him and make him visible?  We are not John the Baptist nor Jesus himself, but by modeling our lives after theirs, we can make him visible, and achieve our Marist goal of making him known and loved.

Bro. Rene