Under a Fig tree.. Blogged Bible Study

Today is day one of the blogged bible study.  We will be starting with The Gospel of John chapter 1.

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Yesterday in leadership training at church, I made the comment…”Two years ago I had some preconceived notions of what I would be doing after Discipleship glass. Sitting here today I never thought that Christ would be using me in so many different and unexpected ways.”

As I started reading John chapter one it struck me that I can not have preconceived notions of how God will use me.   He has seen how he will use me from the beginning.

John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The Gospel of John is mainly know for proving the divinity of Christ as God. 

Christ was with God, Christ is God. Christ was there when man was made in their image.

Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth,  and over all the creatures that move along the ground.

John 1:10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

After reading these 2 verses and realizing that God intended us to discover him, I think of all the times I have seen God’s creation and just passed it by and not taken in his glory.   The times I have not recognized Christ working in my life to bend me to his Fathers will.  When if I am made in their image, whole body, heart and mind, I should recognize and see it as they do.

John 1: 43 -50 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.” 44Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.   “Come and see,” said Philip.   47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false.” 48“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.    Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”   49Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”   50Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that.” 51He then added, “I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

It is clear that from the beginning Christ has seen how he will use me, and will show me greater things than I imagined.  He will mold me again into the image of Them who created me.

I never would have thought two years ago I would be working on a book, getting ready to lead a Discipleship Class, and working out new and different ways to spread His word.  I am excited that Jesus spotted me under my fig tree.

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~ by ckroboth on July 20, 2008.