Love That Sees

Genesis 47-48; Psalms 10; Luke 19 

“…the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:”

Luke 19:37

“As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace – but now it is hidden from your eyes…you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.’”

Luke 19:41, 42, 44b

Do we praise God for what he does, or do we love God for who he is?

The same people who worshipped Jesus with palm branches, shouted a week later, “Crucify him”. Jesus’ tears of love over Jerusalem were for both their rejection of his salvation and for their future destruction. Peace begins with God, not with appeasement of our enemies. God comes to us as he came to Jerusalem, to save us from our sins and not just to improve our lives.

Are our eyes open to whom God is, or do we only see what we want to see?

“Lord Jesus, I love you and thank you for salvation, for sending the Holy Spirit, and for your presence in my life. I humble myself before you and offer all that I am, to you, for your glory.”