My friend was CEO of a company with many locations and hundreds of employees. I had the opportunity to visit some of their locations while visiting with him. Due to the size of the company not all employees knew him or would even recognize him. Normally he did not bother to introduce himself but simply politely interacted with them. I enjoyed observing the conversations when the employees were unaware that he was their ultimate boss. He was treated well like they treated other customers. But not quite the same as if they had really known who he was.
I thought of this today as I read the familiar words of John's Gospel: "He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive Him." (1:10, 11)
What amazing humility. Lord of the Universe! With the Father and the Spirit, Creator of all, including all humans! He lived on planet earth and mingled with humans for 33 years and yet went largely unnoticed; or when somewhat recognized, not truly appreciated as He deserved. What an immense tragedy, that the Creator received such a response.
As I was reading the first words of John's Gospel, I heard another funeral procession passing by our apartment building. Led by Buddhist monks and followed by the typical (although so strange to us) four piece band, the mourners moved down the street with the body. I wondered if he/she ever knew that the Creator had visited our planet? Did he/she even have a chance before death to know that "The Light" had shone in this world's darkness?
In His resurrection power, Jesus was fully revealed, no longer incognito. Yet so many in our world have no knowledge that the Creator has visited planet earth. Such a huge percentage of Vietnam's population has no knowledge of Christ. This in spite of Portugese Catholic missionaries coming 500 years ago; French Catholic missionaries coming 150 years ago and Protestant missionaries coming 100 years ago. Although some of the tribal groups have a high proportion of Christian believers, the numbers of believing ethnic Vietnamese (85% of the population) remains extremely low.
Please pray for Vietnamese Christians, that Christ's light and life will shine through them to the millions around them.
I thought of this today as I read the familiar words of John's Gospel: "He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive Him." (1:10, 11)
What amazing humility. Lord of the Universe! With the Father and the Spirit, Creator of all, including all humans! He lived on planet earth and mingled with humans for 33 years and yet went largely unnoticed; or when somewhat recognized, not truly appreciated as He deserved. What an immense tragedy, that the Creator received such a response.
As I was reading the first words of John's Gospel, I heard another funeral procession passing by our apartment building. Led by Buddhist monks and followed by the typical (although so strange to us) four piece band, the mourners moved down the street with the body. I wondered if he/she ever knew that the Creator had visited our planet? Did he/she even have a chance before death to know that "The Light" had shone in this world's darkness?
In His resurrection power, Jesus was fully revealed, no longer incognito. Yet so many in our world have no knowledge that the Creator has visited planet earth. Such a huge percentage of Vietnam's population has no knowledge of Christ. This in spite of Portugese Catholic missionaries coming 500 years ago; French Catholic missionaries coming 150 years ago and Protestant missionaries coming 100 years ago. Although some of the tribal groups have a high proportion of Christian believers, the numbers of believing ethnic Vietnamese (85% of the population) remains extremely low.
Please pray for Vietnamese Christians, that Christ's light and life will shine through them to the millions around them.
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