The Found Ones

When I was my younger self a bumper sticker seen often said, "I found Jesus."  I have not seen that bumper sticker in years.  I guess they must have found Him.  Of course, it is not just a phrase seen on bumper stickers, but an expression often heard as a new convert speaks of the beginning of a relationship with Jesus.  If we hear it, nothing is really gained by offering a word which might put a damper on their enthusiasm; however, the truth is no one finds Jesus.  He has found us.  

He chooses to reveal Himself, or we would not know Him at all.  He chose to come into the world long centuries ago by way of Bethlehem on a love mission so that the abundant life and the eternal life would be an option for each one of us.  We were born with the essence of our holy Creator in each one of us.  Who we are and who we were created to be is all to quickly blurred and made impossible to see by choices we make which take us further and further from knowing ourself as one first touched by the loving hands of God.  

Born with the eternal light of creation within us, we choose the darkness which seeks to overcome that light of life.  Jesus came and spoke of Himself and His mission with words we find recorded in the 8th chapter of John, "I am the Light of the World.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."  (John 8:12).  We may have chosen to live in the darkness; we may have chosen to live in the land of choices which are at their core sinful in that they drive a wedge between ourself and the Holy One who brought us into being; we may have chosen what separates, but Christ is always seeking to join us once again to Himself.  He came to Bethlehem and suffered the cross as a way of finding us and calling us to come back Home.