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In Jeremiah 29:13-14 God promised that He will reveal
Himself to anyone who truly seeks Him,
“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you,’ declares the LORD . . .” (NASB) Jer. 29:13-14 These two men started following Jesus because they were spiritually hungry. They wanted something
more than work, weekends, and retirement. They wanted God. They knew there was more to life. They wanted Jesus
- their Messiah. Jesus knew their heart and so he asked them, “What do you seek?” They came seeking
and just as God promised in Jeremiah, Jesus let them find Him in the quiet of an afternoon somewhere south
of the Sea of Galilee. These two seekers found Him.
Peter Comes Too! Andrew is so excited that he rushes off to find his brother
Peter.
One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ). (NASB) John 1:40-41 Then Andrew finds some other people and not just Peter. Andrew was very emotional. He was thrilled! Andrew
had found what he had been looking for in life, and so he found Peter and brought him to Jesus.
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter). (NASB) John 1:42 When Jesus saw Peter, He changed his name to Cephas. Now stop and think for a minute. How would you feel
if some stranger told you that he was changing your name? Most of us would not like that very much. I do
not know of anyone who would allow that to happen, but Peter did. Why? The answer is found in the white spaces
of your Bible. That is, Peter and Jesus must have had a significant amount of time together before Jesus did
this. The Bible does not record everything for us. We do not know what Jesus ate for breakfast or lunch. We
are not told what they talked about all day or who else Andrew saw. Peter and Jesus spent time together, and
Peter found his Messiah, Lord, and Savior just as John and Andrew did.
This was a day when three grown men found their God and Messiah. These men were not wimps. That
is, they were not soft, lazy men. These were real, intelligent men who had found their Messiah. They saw Him
in the flesh. Jesus was not a myth. He was real and they believed in Him.
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