by Rev Douglas Brauner

The Christian community points to Jesus.

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The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:29 English Standard Version

I didn’t know that this building was the home of the U.S. Olympic Committee for several years. While I knew the story around keeping the Committee here in the Springs, I didn’t know where the building actually resided. When I first moved to Colorado Springs, I found out where the Olympic Training Center was. In fact, I drive by it every time I visit someone at one of our local hospitals. However, I didn’t know where the Olympic Committee was housed.

United States Olympic Committee building, Colorado Springs, Colorado

That recently changed.

I noticed this sculpture pointing at the title as I carried my camera through the alleys of my home town. It was obvious now where our Olympic committee was housed. It took something else pointing the way for me.

We are the ones who point to Jesus. The world doesn’t see him, however we Christians believe he is present with us all the time. He left that promise with us before he ascended to the Father. We see him when people point the way.

Again, we are the people who point to Jesus. We point to him with our words and with our actions. In other words, we point to Jesus with our whole being. We are the body of Christ in the world. We have been clothed with Christ in baptism. When people see us, they ought to see Jesus. Without you, and me, these people will not know the love that God has for us.

I’m using the word “we” intentionally so that you, and I, might think communally. Our Christian communities point to Jesus. We are too often caught up in thinking of our faith individually and not corporately. What we are together is greater than what we are separately.

The Holy Spirit empowers us to point to Jesus.

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