But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep. “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes. Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side. They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.” [Luke 19.41-44]
The last sentence above is perhaps one of the scariest in the Bible: Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.
How many times has God visited us and we didn't know it? I don't mean Jesus, but just that God shows up in any particular circumstance to intervene on our behalf and we fail to recognize Him. Maybe He sends someone, or perhaps even an angel is in our midst - and we don't even know it.
I think the greatest regret we will have as Christians is that we failed to recognize when God was 'in the house.' We will regret not believing. We will regret not disregarding our own lives (laying them down) so that He might preserve them.
It's time we look for our visitor!
Father, clearly the people missed Jesus. I don't want to miss You and Your Spirit today!
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