Blessings to you, loved ones.  My prayer for you this week is that you seek the Lord with all your heart.  If you also seek to know what’s happening at BBT, read on.

I enjoyed the service last wee.  I hope you did too.  It was good to have most everyone back again.  In the Sunday school Priscilla talked about angels.  She had some good things to say.  I finished up with Romans 14, which first tells us not to judge one another over matters of conscience and then teaches us to put the needs of our brothers and sisters in Christ over our own desires and freedoms.  Listen to both of the podcast episodes together if you have the time.

This Sunday, we will be in John 1:35-39 to start.  This is an account of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry as he begins to gather his first disciples.  After John the baptist points Him out as the “lam of God,” two of John’s disciples begin following Him as He walks.  When Jesus notices them, He asks them a simple but powerful question, “What do you seek?”

When speaking to a church, there’s a pretty good chance everyone listening would call themselves followers of Jesus.  Some have taken to using the term “Christ follower” instead of Christian, noting that the latter term has become merely a cultural or familial reference.  But one may follow for many reasons.  Jesus is not content to have picked up a couple of hangers-on.  He want’s to know what it is they are truly after.

That’s a good question for us.  What do we seek?  Is Jesus little more than an insurance man for us?  Can we check in with Him once in a while and make sure the fire policy is up to date and then go off on our own way again?  Or is He the Christianized equivalent of a genie who will grant us wishes if we make Him happy?  Are we seeking His face, or only His hand?

The disciples responded with another question, “Where are you staying?”When I get finished studying this I may have a more complete perspective, but what I read in that question is the answer.  we seek You!  We want to be where You are!  That is my desire for us as individuals and as a church.  I want us to be where Jesus is.  I don’t want to be where He’s been and left, trying to get Him to come back.  I want to hear His voice and follow Him to where He is staying now and wherever He goes next!

Come with us and bring your friends!

Love y’all,

Larry