Mosaiek Church Lent 2025: Jesus' Questions in SufferingНамуна

Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

-Matt. 7:7 (NLV)

When Jesus asks, “Who are you looking for?” (John 18:4), he is not just speaking to the soldiers who come to arrest him. His question invites you to get in touch with your deepest search. U2 sings, “I still haven’t found what I am looking for.” We often think that our search is not for a Who, but rather for a Something: success, approval, happiness, love.

In John 4, Jesus says to the Samaritan woman, “Everyone who drinks this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks the water that I give them will never thirst” (John 4:13-14). Like the woman, we often turn to “water” to quench our thirst, only to find ourselves thirsty again.

Jesus invites us to come to him with our search. The invitation is to seek until we find him. Jesus offers flowing living water - himself.

Reflection: Spend 10 minutes in silence today and honestly reflect on the question: What am I looking for?

Write down anything that comes to mind.

Talk to God about what you become aware of.

Prayer: I ask for the grace to seek You above all else and to follow You with trust and surrender.