See what is in man

“But Jesus on his part did not entrust him­self to them, because he knew all peo­ple and needed no one to bear wit­ness about man, for he him­self knew what was in man.“¹

God’s been allow­ing some painful “know­ing” to pass my way. I think it has to do with being a ‘man’ now… where once peo­ple would refrain from tak­ing off their ‘nice’ mask because I was a child, they now openly expose their face.²

I think of Jesus. He not only heard and saw all the evil in this world, but at all times pen­e­trates into the inner depths of a man’s soul and sees ALL. A brother once received a gift of the Holy Spirit where he “knew what was in man.” Each per­son he could lit­er­ally see the evil rest­ing: lust, lies, greed, hatred, etc. It was too much for him to bear and he–in ret­ro­spect hastily–asked God to take that oper­a­tion of the spirit away. God did. A sis­ter expe­ri­enced such grief in her heart when look­ing upon the unsaved that she turned to wear­ing a dark veil.

It’s not all fun in games: a Man of deep sorrows–we his broth­ers and sis­ters con­form to His image.

1. John 2:24,25 [↩]
2. I once played that game as well; it’s only Jesus that cleaned me out good on the inside. [↩]