One of the most intriguing ideas in human history is that God is the source of the basic question we ask, the idea that God has created us to look and seek and search. God has created us, someone noted, with a “God-sized hole in our hearts” that nothing but God can fill.
In our biblical text for this week , two men standing with another, John the Baptist, compelling preacher, religious leader, Jesus walks by.
“ Look,” John says. “Look, the Lamb of God. He’s what we’re all looking for.” The men leave John and start to follow Jesus. “ What are you looking for?” Jesus asks. They respond, “Where are you staying?” “Come and see,” he says. They go with him and spend the day. Later, Andrew, one of the two, brings his brother Peter. Whatever happened that day changed Andrew forever and Peter too—and, through them, the history of the world.
In this sermon , I suggest that what we are all looking for, no matter who we are or how old we are and no matter what we do for a living and how much money we have is in some way or another, looking for God, looking for a place to be, where we are welcome and at home, looking for someone to follow, something big and important enough to commit our lives to.
Dr. Willy L Mafuta,
Senior Pastor,
Hopewell United Methodist Church, Hopewell, NJ 08525