How beautiful is the relationship between the brother of
Jared and the Savior of the world! The
brother of Jared seemed to understand what the Lord was capable of. When the barges he had built to cross the
ocean toward the Land of Promise needed air and light within them, the Lord
answered the brother of Jared’s question with a design to improve the air
quality. As to lack of light inside, the
Light of the world didn't give an answer, but asked the brother of Jared to
offer a solution himself. So, the
brother of Jared obtained small stones and asked the Lord to touch them with
His finger so they would glow in the darkness inside the barges. Who would think to ask such a thing? Obviously the brother of Jared knew the Lord
very, very well. Jesus touched each of
the stones, and when He did so, the brother of Jared saw the Lord’s
finger. When the brother of Jared fell
to the earth in fear, the Lord commended him for his great faith, and asked,
“Sawest thou more than this?” The
response that surprises me, but not the Lord, is “Nay, Lord, show thyself unto
me” (v. 10). Before doing so, the Lord
asks the brother of Jared “Believest thou the words which I shall speak?” Notice that the question isn’t “Are you going
to believe the words I am going to tell you?”
The question is “Do you already believe the words I am going to tell
you?” It’s easy to believe the words
Christ has already spoken, for they have already proven themselves. To receive greater knowledge from God
requires us to believe it. When we get
to a point that we already believe the Savior’s future words, we arrive at a
special place in our relationship with Him.
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