Golden Nugget: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.”

Daily Verse: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” —John 14:9b

Daily Message:

From ancient times until the Industrial Age, the human being was seen as a small universe—a picture of the earth, a microcosm, a mini-cosmos. The rhythms of nature and the universe were contained in the pumping heart, the blood vessels, the fingertips. If you saw the human body, inside and out, you saw the world in miniature. This view is slowly reemerging in the twenty-first century as we think more about our connection to and responsibility in nature.

In Jesus, we see not just the fact of his humanity, or his connection to nature and earth, but a picture of God. He embodied not just our humanity but the Father’s divinity. He is the image of God, carrying our earthiness and the fullness of God the invisible Spirit in one person. Whoa.

That means all the stuff he did was God stuff. The stories he told and the miracles of healing and food-multiplication—all these were the Father unfolding himself in his Son. So we can be confident in God and put our trust in him fully through Jesus.

Consider This:

• When do you feel most connected to nature?
• When do you feel most connected to God?

Take Action:

Google “St. Patrick’s Breastplate,” a profound poem-prayer from a saint with a real sense of God-in-Jesus and God’s presence in nature.