You appeared
after the cross
after death
after burial

Seen
by disciples
by multitudes

Visible
so all could know
you are alive

Appear today
Be seen in our neighborhoods
Show yourself now

I want to and will
but not through my physical body
but through my body – the church

I’m waiting for the church to make me visible
to reveal my heart and passion to the world
to speak words of life and touch your communities with healing

Appear today?
I will when my church stops playing at religion
and stops cozying up to power
I will when my church realizes it is not in their cleverness or accumen
but by my Spirit
I will when my people
look, speak, and act more like me.

Be my visible representation in the world.
Show them I am alive
and that I bring life.

Go – in my name – in the power of my Spirit
Show the world the real Jesus
not some cheap imitation
not some impotent guru
Jesus – the Christ – the Promised One
The Savior of the World