As we come to this passage, in a way, we meet Jesus in the flesh. We are also told how people in those early times met Jesus Christ. People were challenged to ‘come and see’ him. John the Baptist said to the disciples ‘Look the Lamb of God’. Two of them, Andrew and an unnamed one, probably the John who wrote this gospel, responded.

Relationships, especially family ones, are important in people coming to Jesus. Andrew brought his brother Simon to meet Jesus. Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter, which means ‘rock’. Peter became the well-known apostle whose great faith was built upon the true Rock, Jesus Christ himself.

Meeting Jesus means sharing Jesus with others. We get excited when we are introduced to exciting people and there is none more so than him. Heaven’s confirmation of who Jesus is we find wondrously displayed for us in his death and resurrection.