There is a Savior

Twelve people.

Four states.

A few are friends.

Two are cousins.

Most have never met.

They all meet for the first time as the twelve in an airport.

Twelve people.

Four states.

And now they are pilgrims.

Who can take strangers and in a very short time cause them to be friends?

Who can gather twelve people…from four states... and create a family?

Who can know that laughter and tears between the twelve will lead to trust? 

Jesus can.

I’ve had the extreme honor the past week of walking where Jesus walked. I, as a part of the twelve, have had the privilege of looking out over the Sea of Galilee, hearing scripture read as I took in the sight of the pools of Bethesda, walking through the Kidron Valley, and of standing on the very pavement where Jesus carried the cross. I gazed at Golgotha and stepped into a tomb and found it empty.

Who can tell a blind man to rinse in the pools of Siloam and gain sight?

Who can heal a woman as she simply touches the hem of His garment?

Who can tell a raging sea to be still?

Who can love the world so deeply as to be The One to announce “It is finished”?

Jesus can.

More than 2,000 years ago Jesus chose twelve men.

Jesus and His 12 men shared everything together for three years.

Jesus walked with them after His death and resurrection and gave them the power to tell the world there is a Savior.

My new family, along with our new friend from this land, experienced a lot while we were together.

And we’ve got news that we must tell the world.

There is a Savior.

Who can look at all people individually and collectively at the same time?

Who can take our sins and remove them, tossing them as far as the East is from the West?

Who can heal and give hope?

Jesus can.

Twelve pilgrims.

All going our separate ways too soon.

But we are not the same. We have experienced Jesus together. 

And He has given us everything we need to tell the world---THERE IS A SAVIOR!