Monday, April 28, 2025
The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come and you’ll see,” he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated “the Christ”), and he brought Simon to Jesus. When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”). John 1:35-42
What Are You Looking For?
We are all looking for something. There is a place in our hearts that is only for God. We are looking for something to fill that space and if we don’t look to God to fill it, we are stuck on a conveyor belt of one thing after another (or person) that we are expecting to fill that space and we are desperately disappointed when it doesn’t.
Jesus asked a question of John the Baptist and two others who were following him. He asked them what they were looking for and they responded by asking him where he was staying. Jesus invited them to “Come and see.” They went and they stayed with him that day. They didn’t really want to know where Jesus was staying – they wanted to know Jesus. They went with him, and they realized he was the Messiah. Andrew, who was one of the two with John, brought his brother, Simon.
Jesus changed everything for them that day. In one afternoon their whole lives took on a new direction as they met the Messiah and followed him. Their identity changed – Simon even got a new name -“Cephas” which is translated “Peter” He would now be called Cephas, Their pasts, present and futures were changed all from being with the Messiah for one day. And this was only the beginning.
Jesus asks this question of us every day. Every time we get to choose where we look to find what we are seeking. And when he says, “Come and see,” how can we understand this call to follow? We need to be prepared and expectant when we surrender to his call to “Come and see.” He changes who we were and who we are. He changes our identity and our inheritance. He takes all the broken pieces that we could never fit together, and he creates something beautiful with them filling in all the cracks and making it whole. He changes everything. He is what we have been seeking all along.
When Jesus invites us to “Come and see,” he is inviting us into a relationship with him as his disciple. He made disciples by doing life with them every day. They lived with him, worked with him, ate with him, and had a front row seat to his miraculous works. They spent the very sacred last minutes with him before he was taken away to be crucified and the glorious time with him after resurrection and before his ascension. When they met him, they knew they had found what they were looking for.
What if Jesus turned around, looked you in the eyes, and asked “What are you seeking” today? Sometimes we might not even be aware that we are seeking something. Think about it and take a look at your life and figure out what you are seeking and where you are turning to find false fulfillment. Jesus is asking us today and he is inviting to come and see.
