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raised in churches run into a mirage is that they are seeking later find him preaching Christ to the hated and despised
things: righteousness, holiness, knowledge, faith, but they Samaritans. Still later, we see him in a chariot sharing
fail to seek for the Person. All of God’s gifts are inseparable with one Ethiopian man the Gospel of the Kingdom. That
from the person of Christ. one man is believed to have pioneered the Gospel in the
African lands.
There are many that were going to bring the Lord into
their life, just as soon as they had sought out their own We try to live from crisis experience to crisis experience,
kingdom. That is seeking first our own kingdom and then but most of our Christian life is made up of simple
trying to add the Lord to it in the end. It’s a mirage. It is obedience. The same might be said of our physical life,
not what you accomplish in life, but it is rather Who you we don’t live on one binge meal and then do without for
accomplish it with. several days, weeks, or months and then have another
binge meal – we may likely die of starvation before we get
Andrew was one day following the Lord Jesus, when to the next meal. We live on our daily bread, satisfying our
suddenly the Lord turned to him and said, “What seek ye?” physical hunger day-by-day. That is health and will always
produce growth.
“Where do you dwell?”, was Andrew’s response.
You may never preach a sermon, you may never step foot
Jesus said, “Come and see.” in a foreign land, but your life is to make all the difference in
every place where you go. It is to be to the spiritual world
Come and see opened up a life of following Jesus, not on what the sun is to the natural. And when others come to
a wild dream, but on the pathway of spiritual reality and know your life they will not find it a mirage but a life of
heart-satisfying supply. substance – the substance of Christ.

When the longing comes you must feed that longing. A Satisfied Life.
When the desire for communion with God comes, you
must commune with God. Andrew found the answer by When you are young you strive for greatness, but as
following the Lord. He went with the Lord that day and you grow older you come to value things differently. You
Heaven only can tell of the experience he had. discover that greatness isn’t doing great things, it is doing
the little things in a great way.
Phillip had been one of the longest followers of all the
disciples. He said to Jesus, “Show us the Father and it will Pastor B. H. Clendennen often told the story of being with
satisfy us.” an old saint of God before he died. Pastor Clendennen asked
the old saint, “What has been your greatest experience?”
To which Jesus replied, “Have I been so long with you
and yet thou dost not know Me, Phillip?” He said, “Oh, I haven’t had it yet. I have served him all of
my life, and tomorrow I’m going to see Him.”
Phillip was in danger of missing it all, of walking with
Jesus for years and actually seeing nothing. Christ is real and everything without Him is just a mirage.

Phillip’s motive and aim found their course, and we

Pastor Daren Downs has been a missionary for over twenty years in
nearly thirty countries of the world, holding conferences and teaching in
Bible schools. He has worked extensively in Latin America, the former
Soviet Union, the Middle East, and Asia. He is also one of the associate
pastors of Living Waters Church in Chino, California.

His book The Gates of that City may be purchased at online retailers. Or,
ask for it at your local bookstore.

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