Robin: "Did you see what Bill did in the Breakaway Room?"
Doug: "I heard that he did some work on it."
Robin: "Umm...yeah, you need to SEE the Breakaway Room!"
Bill had totally repurposed a room. It was an amazing thing to behold. You had to SEE it. Doug went to SEE it. Robin escorted me down to SEE it, she was so excited about what Bill had done.
I am sure she will escort others to the room who haven't SEEN it.
I immediately had this scene in my head,
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."46 Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of h
im, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"48 Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"50 Jesus answered him,"Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."51 And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you,t you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." (John 1:43-51, ESV)
Philip knew that he had found the Messiah. He knew that Nathanael needed to know him too. You can almost hear Nathanael say, "I heard that there was someone like that around here." Philip's response, "Come and see." You have to wonder if Nathanael heard in this response Psalm 66:5.
It's 2012, a new year has dawned. What will you be about this year? Will you, like Robin, invite your friends to SEE?
My prayer for this year is simple, "Father God grant opportunity for people to see and hear."