They Abided

On the following day John the Baptist was again standing with two of his disciples. He looked straight at Jesus as he walked along, and said, “There is the lamb of God!” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus.

Then Jesus turned round and when he saw them following him, spoke to them. “What do you want?” he said.

“Master, where are you staying?” they replied.

“Come and see,” returned Jesus.

So they went and saw where he was staying and remained with him the rest of that day. It was then about four o’clock in the afternoon.  (John 1:35-39)

The very first impulse of these first two followers’ hearts carried the seed of what will become the full flowering tree of the Kingdom of Heaven. Consider verse 39 in the most exact wording of the Greek: 

“He says to them, ‘Come and you will see.’ So they went and saw where He ABIDES; and with Him they ABIDED that day.” 

How beautiful that when the Savior’s eyes fastened upon them, asking, “What do you want?” that these two men fastened their lives to His, went to where He abided and chose to abide in Him. If they never did much of anything else, they’d already done everything right…  

Let us do the very same thing today.