Words from the Rock
I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father, too. But now you do know him, and you have seen him.
John 14:6–7 NCV
Sometimes it’s hard to grasp how tightly connected Jesus and God are—so intricately intertwined that they are inseparable; they are one. Maybe you’re wondering, if they are one, why do we need both? Basically it’s because God wanted to get our attention and we weren’t listening. In fact, the human race had kind of tuned God out.
To understand this better, imagine you’re a beekeeper. Okay, it’s a stretch, but just go with it. Now imagine you own the only beehive in the world, but you know that all your bees are going to be wiped out by a rare disease. Your bees make great honey, and you really love them and don’t want them to die. If only they would listen to you, they could change some of their bee habits and survive. So you stand over their hive telling them over and over what they must do to prevent their doom, but they don’t understand you. Or maybe they’re not listening, or maybe they’re as busy as bees and totally oblivious to any danger. How do you communicate to them? How do you keep them from perishing?
What if you became one of them? What if you had the power to transform yourself into a bee? Then you could go inside the hive and talk directly to the bees. Speaking Bee-glish, you could make them understand your concerns.
Now, as silly as this bee metaphor sounds, it’s a bit like God’s decision to send Jesus to earth. Jesus was part of God, and God knew that if he became one of us, he could get our attention. Jesus became God’s ambassador, the way to connect us to God. So how connected do you feel? How much more connected would you like to be?
My Prayer
Dear God,
Help me to grasp that you and Jesus are one, and that you poured yourself into Jesus so you could pour yourself into me.
Amen.
Final Word
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NIV
Stone for the Journey
God and Jesus are one, and they want to be one with me.