There Is No One Like Jesus

Reading this got me thinking about my early days in Church. I was an outsider. "So there was a division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, 'Why did you not bring him?' The officers answered, 'No one ever spoke like this man!' The Pharisees answered them, 'Have you also been deceived?' - John 7:43-47 ESV The Pharisees likely never heard Jesus speak. They certainly never spent time with Him. The whole 'idea of Him' vexed them. Then these officers needed to get close to Him out of duty. Maybe they gathered on the edge of the crowd and out of respect, or just fear of the 'mob', deciding to wait until Jesus finished speaking before the arrest. Then they heard His voice and His words. Duty melted away. There was life here. His words pierced their soul and awakened long forgotten desires, innocence and dreams of fulfillment long dead. Maybe they drank coffee with the people who lovingly accepted them from the crowd and ate pastries and laughed. Then later they realized they had to go back to work. "The Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived?" - John 7:47 ESV Perhaps some of them said, 'Maybe I am.' in their heart when challenged with this question. 'That sure seems better than this.' There just isn't anything like hearing Jesus. It isn't a siren song drawing you by lust to the rocks where you will be destroyed. It is the sound of home. It is like waking from a dream. It is like sunshine breaking through the clouds after weeks of gloom. It is the sunset that is so spectacular that you have to stop what you are doing and just look at it. You pull out your camera and take bad pictures of it because you never want it to end. I'm sure some of those soldiers pitied those Pharisees that day. They had seen the Messiah. These old crusty accomplished men were dead relics. I still get that wonderful sense sometimes. I have it this morning. There is no one like Jesus. His words are sunshine. He breaks every chain. There is no disease that can stand against Him. No evil can triumph over Him. No matter how far away you are He can bring you home again. {{Tears}} // I had to stop typing because I couldn't see the keyboard // Do you have that in your life? I hope so. There is only one place I have found it. There is only one person who is consistently like this. Meeting your heroes can be disappointing because you realize they are just people like you. When you meet Jesus you realize He Is worthy of praise. He Is divine. --