Jesus shared His dwelling that night with John and Andrew .

Encouraged that He seemed to

genuinely enjoy their company , they talked to Him far into the night. He patiently listened to them
and answered their questions. By the time they laid down to sleep, they felt as if they had known
Him for a long time. They had. One day they would realize that they had known Him from the
beginning. He was the One who stirred their hearts whenever the Scriptures were read. He was also
the One who touched them with joy when they beheld the beauty of a sunset or appreciated the
grace and dignity of a righteous man or woman. All things had been made by Him and for Him , and
in Him they were all held together. He is the Word of God, the communication from the Father to His
creation, and the ultimate desire of that creation. As tired as John was from not sleeping the night
before, he had trouble sleeping again. As he looked at Jesus across the room , he just could not
believe his good fortune. He was now sure this was the Messiah. He was the coming King of Israel!
He was the true King, not like Herod. Would He have mighty men to serve Him like David? Could
they be some of these mighty men? Would they do exploits for Him like Davids men had done for
him? Would He be an even greater warrior than David? Yet He was more patient, and even more
humble, than anyone he had ever met. John shivered from the sense of the glories that he was
about to behold. These were the days that the prophets had all spoken about, and he, John the son
of Zebedee, was privileged to be in the very center of them . Andrew also laid awake for a long time
with his thoughts. He pondered some of the answers that Jesus had given them to their questions.
He seldom answered their questions directly; He rather seemed to know what they really wanted to
ask but did not know how . He listened to their hearts, rather than their words. Andrew then
thought of his family and Simon, his brother. Jesus had told him and John that they needed to return
to their families and that He would find them later. He said that He had to go into the wilderness for
a time, alone, but He promised to come again for them . Though Andrew did not want to leave Him
so soon after meeting Him , he could hardly wait to tell his family about the One they had found,
especially Simon. *** The two captains stood at the door of the little cottage. Their legions of angels
were arrayed about them . Messenger angels were constantly passing by , but each would stop to
salute the men in the cottage. The heavens were now opened. They now knew that the very fullness
of the power of God dwelt in a Man. The One who spoke the universe into being now walked upon
the dust of the earth. None of them had even dreamed that they would see such things when they
were assigned to this tiny little planet! How could such a humble place even get the attention of the
King like this