​Week 43, Day 5

​Week 43, Day 5
October 28, 2022
Scripture: John 10
 
“Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. Here he stayed and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.” And in that place many believed in Jesus.” (John 10:39–42)
 
As we look at the reading so far in John as a whole, this particular passage becomes a bit of a parable for John. The Pharisees hear all about Jesus, see him perform miracles and hear now that Jesus is the Good Shepherd. They miss it. John indicts their ignorance here.
 
John says that Jesus, “escaped their grasp.” Not only their physical but also their intellectual and spiritual grasp.
 
There is a simple response to a text like John 10. It is to recognize that Jesus is the Shepherd, and I am his sheep. To grasp Jesus, is to live under his watchful care. We hear his voice and listen to him. Only in him is life.
 
To grasp Jesus is to trust in Him as the Shepherd of our lives.