Go Now and See

Luke 2:15-21
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

“Let us go now…and see…”  There is something about the immediacy and intimacy of these words that we cannot overlook. Our faith has to be a go now and see kind of faith. We don’t get closer to God by sitting back and listening to what someone else tells us about God. To get close to God, we have to be willing to go and see what God is all about. We have to be willing to enter into a relationship with God through his son Jesus. That means we’ve got to get to know Jesus.

We can do this through the Bible. We can also do this through prayer. Likewise, we can do this through the faces of those we serve. After all, Jesus said, “What you have done for the least of these, you have done for me.”

As we begin this new year, it is time for all of us to take a go now and see attitude. If our church is going to reach its full potential for God, then all of us need to step up and step out in faith looking for the places to which God is calling us and then boldly going there to do the ministry to which we have been called.

Are you ready to go now and see what God has in store for you?