John 1: 29-34: The SOMEONE

“Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"

John 1:29

Okay, I would like you to put on your thinking caps for a second. Imagine with me that you are at....let's say the mall...Let's say an outside mall like Easton. And at this mall you are standing in the middle of a group of friends, talking about things - some are important and some are just things - when across the mall you see the SOMEONE. The athlete or actor or politician - the SOMEONE you have always wanted to meet. The SOMEONE you have heard about , dreamt about, wished for, and anticipated meeting your whole life.

Can you picture that moment?  Are you with me?

What do you feel like? What does the someone look like? Was the moment everything you had ever anticipated?

What would you say?

I am guessing you wouldn't remain quietly with your friends waiting for the SOMEONE to pass you by without a glance...

Perhaps you would run screaming towards the SOMEONE.

Or maybe you would shout out that the SOMEONE had finally arrived.

Or maybe, just maybe, you might break out in tears of joy over the arrival of this moment.

This is the position that John the Baptist was in when he saw Jesus coming toward him. Here was the ONE - The One True Son of God  - that John had been placed on this earth to proceed. John the Baptist was ecstatic and he wanted EVERYONE to know that THE ONE was here. The Kingdom of God wasn't coming anymore - The Kingdom of God had arrived.

John the Baptist's SOMEONE had arrived and he wanted everyone to know.

Scripture

John 1:29-34

Quote of the Day

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.
Gloria Swanson

Question

How do you anticipate the arrival of Jesus?