by Ed Pisoni

Psalm 102: 15-22
Numbers 21: 4-9
John 8: 21-30

We believe in our faith, but do we know it?

We believe in the power of prayer, and that the Lord will answer our pleas, reads Psalm 102. We gather together in our church to pray and to believe.

But in this cynical world, can we just as easily become impatient and unsatisfied with our lives and God's response to us? Who will intercede for us when we decide to rebel and turn against God? Who will pray for our forgiveness then?? Who will provide the symbolic Bronze Snake, which heals and renews the Israelites in Numbers 21 today??

It is Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who comes from the Father above. It is Jesus who shows Himself to us. And as He says in John 8 today, when we have lifted Him up, when we have accepted Him as who he is, we will know Him. Our belief will lead us to know the Lord. And we will know that what the Father has told Him, He tells us.

I am not alone, He says.

And neither are we.