“How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
We just want to know; we need to know. Is he who some think he might be? “The Jews” (the designation for the people following Jesus in John 10) ask him for a clear answer. “Tell us.” He proceeds to tell them, to tell them and to tell them that he has already told them. “I have told you,” Jesus says, “and you do not believe.” So, telling isn’t enough. Those who wanted to be told plainly were told plainly and yet they didn’t believe.
Something more must be needed than merely “telling.” What might this something more be?
If we had a simple answer to that, everything evangelism program would seek to provide that something. All that would be needed to bring to the fold those who are lost would be to offer that something. Again, what might that something be?
What was it, or what is it that brought, or brings, you back to the family of God and to the House of the Lord? What is the something which motivates you to read these morning devotions and spend time in prayer? Your answer to this question becomes your response to God. It the means by which you invite others to come and see Jesus. It is the way that you pass on to others what it is that you have first received.
“Telling” is seldom enough. Something more is almost always needed. Living the life of a Christian is the start. From there each must decide what to add and how to make known the unsurpassed joy which comes to those who live their lives as disciples of Jesus. What is it, for you?
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