John 5:16-30, 1 Peter 2:1-8, Song of Solomon 1, Jeremiah 44-46

Recall:
1 Peter 2:1-3:  Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

John 5:16-17, 19-20: Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, and I also am working.”...Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished.

Reflect:
The words from John are seared into my heart because of the time I have spent working through "Experiencing God" by Henry Blackaby. They are powerful statements. God will show me whatever I want to see of God. I just have to make the space for it in my life. I wonder how much time and energy could be saved just by pausing and looking for what God is doing and joining in rather than running around and guessing.

Respond:

Gracious God, thank you for revealing yourself to me. Forgive me for so often not taking the time to see how you are at work in my life and in my world.

I continue to make time to see God at work in my life. Like Jesus, I see where God is working and I join God where He is at work.