John 1 - Draw Near His Glory: Four Ways We Welcome Jesus In

If Jesus came to dwell with us, the question isn't whether He's near. It's whether we've opened the door. In this episode of the Root Issues Podcast, we work through John 1:14-18 and four ways we actually welcome Jesus into our lives.

John writes that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The word he chooses there is worth sitting with — it literally means to pitch a tent, and it's the same picture Israel knew from the wilderness, when God's presence settled in the tabernacle in the middle of the camp. John is saying that presence has moved in again, this time in a person.

And then he adds something staggering: we have seen his glory. Moses once asked to see God's glory and was allowed only a glimpse. John says they watched it walk around, full of grace and truth.

The four ways we welcome Him:

1. Acknowledge Him — recognizing who has actually shown up
2. Move toward Him — closing the distance rather than admiring from across the room
3. See His Glory — learning to notice what's been in front of us
4. Discover new motivations — letting nearness change what drives us