“Jesus said, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” John 14:9

For me, relationship is everything. More than food, more than air, in fact, you can have all the things of this world, but absent trust in relationships life is cold, heartless, and meaningless. Perhaps that’s why I love one line of scripture in the Old Testament book of Exodus 33:11 where Moses goes alone to meet with God. Verse 11 says that “the Lord speaks to Moses as one would speak to a friend”. To have such intimacy with the Creator of the heavens and the earth is truly priceless. Yet, in that moment, Moses craves more. He actually wants to look upon the face of his Creator and not just hear His voice and feel His presence. In that moment, God responds to Moses, saying, “no man can look upon me and live”. For Man, with his sinful nature, is not able to look upon Pure Holiness. And yet, we find that this answer is not enough for God. God Himself wanted more. God wanted to have a relationship with us, His children, on an entirely new level of closeness. His perfect response was to send His Son Jesus. Jesus, the bridge to atone and forever repair the separation between God and man. Jesus, who said in John 14:9,

“If You Have Seen Me, You Have Seen The Father”

And yet, we find that for God, and for Jesus, seeing them could go to an even closer level. For Jesus promised to give us His Holy Spirit to dwell within us. And the very moment He makes that promise Jesus follows it by saying, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.” In other words, now, you-are-never-alone! Jesus will never, ever, let you down. Relationship, like you never thought possible, is only a prayer away.