What people have been seeing in us?

[Leonardo Von]

What people have been seeing in us?

•    “How has the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!” (Lamentations 2.1).

Who looked at Jerusalem in the times of Jeremiah, was seeing a cloud. That is to say: people couldn’t see Jerusalem. Considering that, in the old times, Jerusalem was very famous for its beauty (Ezekiel 16.14), not being able to see it looks like horrible. 

On the other hand, looking on the evilness that was practiced despite all the chastisement (see Jeremiah 44, for instance), it was good nobody contemplated on this shame. Many could cogitate that the kingdom of Jesus isn’t good enough to keep the attention of people focused on the heavenly wealth or that the presence of Jesus isn’t pleasurable sufficient to urge people to stay clung to Him in prayers and praises, instead of deviating to other gods and their sins. 

One of the things that cooperated to make people get lackadaisical in regard to seek out knowing the Creator and His will was the temple of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 7.4), differently of what will take place in the millennium:

•    “And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, even the Lamb.” (Revelation 21.22).

Although there will be temple in Jerusalem in this occasion (Ezekiel 40-48), John didn’t see any temple because the glory of the Creator will surmount it. His presence in all Jerusalem will blear the temple and its sacrifices.

It comes the question: what people are seeing in us?

•    Our misdemeanors?
•    Our sniveling because we need to wake up to work? How many people in the hospital would like can do this…
•    Our struggle to keep our goods in safe from inflation, thieves, environmental defacement, etc.;
•    Our effort to get richness or delights in order to find out a point for our lives;
•    Our dedication in relation to the sacred services and fidelity to with the religious institution and his leaders?
•    Our greatness in virtue of what we have, made or conquered?
•    Our despair, fear, anguish for things that we even not know if this will come about us?
•    Our despondence in virtue of us stay mulling over our chagrins, revolts, anxieties, etc.?

Summarizing: do we need also some cloud to cover our nakedness?
Or they are seeing the peace, love, joy, grace, glory, etc. from Jesus in us? Or, to be more precise, we aren’t being seen because the presence of Jesus in us is so intense that we just fade. I expect that Jesus brings it about you and me. 

Have a extraordinary day living the miracle of Jesus’ presence in your life.