[16] “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.”
[17] So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?”
[18] So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.”
[19] Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
[20] Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. –
John 16: 16 -20
Life can brings us to places where we are puzzled and confused.
Because we don’t understand the Ways of God or the Words of Jesus. This often happens because pride makes us think we know more than we actually do. Often In this state we are too embarrassed to go to God and ask because we’d rather keep our Ignorance in Seclusion from Him.
So we find people who are equally confused and we Poll Our Ignorance.
Sin Always leave you with a Deficit.
God’s Ways which I don’t understand and Jesus Words that don’t make sense are troubling to me.
Sin with its deficit upon me has made me conclude that God that God isn’t being fair according to My Rules I have set for Him.
Removing the deficit of sin I come to know that God Sets the Rules to the Game of Life not me.
Faulty Premises always lead to Wrong Conclusions.
Hide and Seek
This was game many of us played as children. The person hides and you must find them. The object of the game is to find the hidden person.
Normally you use your senses to try to find them. The seeker keeps looking for the hidden person because they know there is the possibility of discovering the hidden person. However the search can become frustrating and painful when you can’t find them. There are times in this game you give up and the only hope is for the person to come out and disclose them self to you.
The Real Game of Hide and Seek
Jesus in this text is saying to his disciples for a while you want see me nor will you be able to find me. However don’t lose hope in your time of sorrow, for at an appointed time I will reappear. Now you see me Now you don’t!
I will be hidden from you but I will be found not because of your pursuit of me but because of my Passion for You. You will quit but I’m going to keep you in the Game. Your Sorrow and Displeasure is apart of the Game.
Your Sorrow will be turned into JOY!