Devotion - Monday of Holy Week

In John 12, immediately before the story of Jesus' entry to Jerusalem, there is the acknowledgement of how much excitement surrounded Lazarus.  The crowd who places palms on the path as Jesus enters had come to see Jesus, "but also to see Lazarus."  They came to observe the one upon whom the Word of God had had such a profound effect.

The story gets even more precise.  The anger of chief priests against Jesus grew stronger because the observed that "on account of (Lazarus) many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus".

They were coming to have faith in Jesus because of the change they had see in Lazarus.

No less than Lazarus, we are the way others see Jesus.  What they observe in us is their opportunity to see the Word of God active in the world.