Devotions Archive Archive: 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 Search Archive Print This Article Fresh pick Thursday, May 13, 1999 John 16:18 They kept asking, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand what he is saying." And on the verge of 2000 years later, neither do we. Jesus' words are so confident; the disciples' by contrast are so confused. Jesus' words are more like words from God than words from man, because he listened so well to his father. In my nature as a created one, I don't where I'm going or where I came from except by what I'm told by my creator. Jesus was gracious enough to answer his disciples. I'm always asking questions, and he answers me as well; but I don't really get it. Until I transcend time and enter eternity, I won't know the future, or the past. In the meantime I revert to what I am being taught to do daily: surrender. Wait. Let go. The most active, creative and positive thing I can do each day is to become "passive" and let God fill my limbs with direction, my mind with thoughts, my heart with emotion. I want to keep on asking, keep on casting my bread upon the waters. The questions never stop coming. I'm a preschooler in this life with Father. But he promises to lifts me out of myself, and grow me up. Turn me inside out, and let me see the world he made with fresh eyes. "; Add      Edit    Delete