Jesus Knows You
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent Daily Reading : John 5:31 – 47 Focus Passage : "I do not accept glory from human beings, but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?" (Jn. 5:41 – 44) In the Gospels, Jesus knew the inner landscape of people. In fact, Jesus knew the inscape of persons better than they knew themselves. He knew the purposes, loves, and motivations which reside at the heart of a person. “I know,” he said, “that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.” He knows humans, that we are divided and that our lives are spent in many different pursuits. He knows that we are distracted, that we easily turn aside from that which is most central to life, in order to chase the munda...