Where are you staying, Lord?

"The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, 'Look, the Lamb of God!' When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, 'What do you want?' They said, 'Rabbi' (which means Teacher), 'where are you staying?' 'Come,' he replied, 'and you will see.' So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour." John 1:35-39 NIV

I absolutely LOVE this passage of scripture, thanks to the national missions conference Urbana who opened my eyes to the true calling and purpose of Christians - followship.

I still can't believe these disciples; after what, minutes of meeting Jesus?, they asked to be with Him wherever He was. Yeah....what makes me smile is their simple answer to Jesus' question, "What do you want?". Knowing He was the Lamb of God, they could have answered Him with, "We want to see miracles", or "We want you to fix our problems!". But no, they answered simply - - -

We want to Be. With. You.

All they wanted was to be with Jesus; to be in His presence, to be at His feet. To look upon His glory, to learn from Him, to love Him, to cherish Him simply by - - -

Dwelling. With. Him.

That's ALL they desired. And that's all that WE should desire as true Christians. As much as we praise and love Jesus for His ability and willingness to heal our broken, mend our sick, repair our mistakes, and piece our lives back together, we should should truly LOVE Him and desire to follow Him because He is God, the ruler of the universe, the establisher of our faith because of the Cross, the eternal creator of all living things, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!!!! The beginning and the end, Alpha - Omega! Just knowing THAT about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ should create this longing inside of us to ONLY to be in His presence incessantly!

And of course I do not in any way dismiss His unbelievable and awesome power to do whatever He wills in our own lives; I truly thank Him for His everyday intervention in my life and in other's! And ESPECIALLY for His WONDERFUL work at Calvary! : )

So I guess I got a little off track maybe? I don't even know, but I totally wanna be like one of those disciples who only wanted to be with Jesus, and did not think about what He could do for them. Haha, and the awesome thing about all of this?! Jesus turned to the meek disciples, and I'm sure smiled as He said, "Come, and you will see".

So what do YOU want?

Where are you staying, Lord?

Come, and you will see.