No Mistake!

January 27

We observed His glory! What an astounding statement. From a mere human point of view, can we imagine the thrill of standing beside Columbus when he first saw the New World before him? Can we fathom the wonder in his eyes as he beheld the land he thought was the Orient?

He was a man who had miscalculated the circumference of the earth and hadn’t factored an unexplored part of the globe into his route, but he went home to great praise. Can you imagine his elation when nobility, when royalty, came to him to lavish him with their superlative accolades for his seeming success!

In his failure to discover a new route to the riches of Asia, he was thought to be the greatest navigator of his day. When the fact that he’d discovered new lands to explore and to exploit became evident, he was a hero in the eyes of those who yearned after the riches that new land could offer them.

But when the Apostle John said in 1:14 of his gospel, “We observed His glory, the glory of the Only Son of God, full of grace and truth,” there was no mistake! There was no deception! There was no reorienting of expectations to accommodate an original error! And it is still observable today—if we will look.