Weekly Musing - Vicki

The following is one of Vicki’s amazing insights. This is from John 12:20-26.

Some Greeks want to come see Jesus. Does He do the happy dance? Invite them right into the Fellowship of the Cross? No! He comments that the time for the Son of Man to be glorified is at hand, that a seed must fall and die before it can produce much grain.

Scripture says the Greeks were in Jerusalem to worship. It appears they were Jewish converts, gentile believers in the One True God.You would think Jesus might think, "Evangelism! Greece here we come." But, no.

These Greeks were the same as the Pharisees and religious of the world. In their understanding, intellect and desire for knowledge they 'wanted to see Jesus.' How unlike the two blind men sitting at the road that wouldn't quiet down as they called out to Jesus even though the crowd shushed them. How unlike the woman with the issue of blood who broke through the masses and reached down to touch the hem of His garment. How unlike Zacheus who climbed a tree to get a glimpse of this man, Jesus. How unlike the friends who dug through a roof to lower their sick friend into His presence. No, the Greeks wanted to see Jesus. They wanted to examine Him. They wanted to question Him. They wanted Him to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt that He was - the Messiah - the Savior of Israel.

Jesus comments that a seed must fall and die to bear fruitful life. Jesus is not a God that can be contained in a box through our examination and by our understanding.

Jesus was not looking for disciples that could share a 3-part sermon with alliteration drawing people to salvation.

NO! He came for the 'are-nots'. The foolish, the weak, the base, the things which are not. His ministry ministered not through the natural, earthy or logic but supernaturally through a new creation and Holy Spirit.