GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now
“Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now” (John 2: 10).
Preston Massey, my esteemed colleague from our years in Brazil, just published the Branch. He reminds us the writers of the Gospels each address a specific audience and
respectively present one of four lines of Jesus. Matthew shares Jesus as king, Mark shows his servitude and Luke presents Jesus as descendant of man.
John’s message is unique—come see Jesus and you will see God. The best has been saved till now. God walks among us as love, as Sustainer, as Protector, as Guide, and as Life.
The account of Moses was familiar to all Jews. They knew the story of their deliverer. From childhood they would have known of God’s call from the flames of fire from within a bush and of the Almighty’s self-identification as “I AM WHO I AM . . . you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me” (Exodus 3:14).
Well over a millennium later the story has transitioned to a beach seventy miles north of Jerusalem. There a young fisherman received the invite to “Come, follow me.” He couldn’t 
have imagined all that he would see.
I don’t believe it to be an overstatement that Creator God orchestrated events so that this boy—not much more than an adolescent—was to be an eye witness to the life, death, resurrection, ascension, and work of God in human form.
From his account as a participant he invites Come and see God, truly this is the best saved for now.
He wants us to see the one who could declare “before Abraham was born, I am” (8:58). He is the one who revealed “I am in the Father and the Father is in me” (14:11). And to bring reality to his claim he steps under the umbrella of “I AM WHO I AM,” reminiscent of God who addressed Moses.
So, John invites me to come and see the one who affirms “I AM the Bread of Life . . . I AM the Gate . . . I AM the Resurrection . . . I AM the Life . . . I AM Lord . . . I AM the Way . . . I AM the Truth . . . I AM the True Vine.” John invites me to come see Jesus the I AM who is God.
Here is why I think this is important to my now.
When I read Old Testament Scripture I read of a God who loved deeply His created ones. I also read of a God self-declared as Holy. His Holiness was such that the imperfection of humankind had to maintain a respectful distance to keep from instance death.
Sinful humanity did not have direct access to Holy God because Jesus—the perfect lamb—was yet to be sacrificed. Holy and unholy could not survive in close proximity.
Jesus came to open the door of access to God.
When Jesus came as human and willingly laid his human/God self on the cross the debt of my sin was fully paid. Jesus made it possible for me to stand in his shadow as perfectly sinless in the presence of Holy God.
Because I see God sacrificed—I am able to see God who I can call Father. With the excitement of new revelation John calls out to come and this God we can call Father.
Come and see Life; come and see Bread that sustains forever; come and see Resurrection; come and look through the Gate and see God. Yes, come and see Truth like you have never experienced; come and see the Way that removes all fear and leads to God.
It is God’s best saved for my now. Each day I can awake to see God as Father because Jesus brought me into His house.
It’s worth a new look. Let’s go with John and see God.
Stay tuned.
Dr. Gary J. Sorrells
A GodReflection: Come and See God
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Light shows are a multibillion monetary industry. As a small child I was invited to participant in the annual production of a light show on the family Christmas tree. When Independence Day appeared on the national calendar we went to see a light show decorate the night sky.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night” (Genesis 1:1-5).
About midway through John’s Gospel he introduces a man who was blind from birth. His purpose is to invite me as a reader
of Jesus’ sign. He invites readers 
Life is both tough and complex. One survival tactic is signs.
John has a second sign. It reads, “Come and See Life.” For us human types there maybe no greater symbol of life than a child. Kids explode with life. They are not only vibrant but their life represents hope and future. So, John takes us to see a father on the verge of the loss of life. It’s his son.
To come and see Jesus is to see life. The second sign of John is to teach me this reality: to see Jesus is to see life as God designed me to be.
Here is what John invites me to come and see in Jesus’ second recorded sign. To meet Jesus is to see life. It is restorative now. I have one thing in common with the old churchman Martin Luther and the patriot Benjamin Franklin. No matter how hard I might try, I cannot make it through a twenty-four-hour day with perfection intact. That’s solved with the miracle of life found in Jesus.
comfortable with the word, there is something rather mystical about the experience. The longer I walk with Jesus and observe his perfect walk through earth the missteps lessen in frequency.
I’ve never been thirsty—I mean like the experience of days without a drop of anything liquid. Were I able to step outside of my body and observe myself, I would probably be astonished at how often I go for water. I’m talking anything that drips or pours.
We humans must have repetitive water intake to survive. God used this reality, a thirsty woman and a distant well to setup an attention getting invitation. What if someone offered water with the guarantee, “One drink will last forever?”
The conversation begins 
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:13-14)
churchman, Horatius Bonar. It’s a hymn I remember from childhood.