How to find Jesus when others doubt?
How can we seek Jesus when others ask, "Where is He?"

Setting the Scene

“They asked him, ‘Where is He?’ He replied, ‘I do not know.’ ” (John 9:12)

Neighbors press the man born blind for Jesus’ whereabouts, but he cannot point them to the exact spot. Minutes earlier he was still stumbling in darkness; now he sees, yet Jesus has moved on. The moment captures a familiar tension: people around us demand proof, location, coordinates—while faith calls us to trust that Christ is present even when unseen.


The Question That Echoes Today

• “Where is He?” surfaces whenever pain hits, doubts rise, or culture scoffs at biblical truth.

• The world often expects a GPS pin, but Scripture reveals a Person who moves according to the Father’s timing (John 5:19) and invites seekers into relationship, not a museum exhibit.


How We Can Seek and Find Jesus

1. Look in His Word

• “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they that testify about Me.” (John 5:39)

• Every page points to Christ—creation, prophecy, gospel, epistle, and revelation.

• Regular, prayerful reading shifts the focus from “Where is He?” to “Here He speaks.”

2. Listen for His Voice through the Spirit

• “My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.” (John 10:27)

• The Spirit illuminates Scripture, convicts of sin, and guides into obedience (John 16:13).

• Stillness, repentance, and surrender clear the static so His whisper is heard.

3. Follow in Obedience

• “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” (John 14:23)

• Obedience isn’t legalistic duty; it’s relational nearness. Every step of obedience becomes a meeting place with Jesus.

4. Gather with His People

• “For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” (Matthew 18:20)

• Church life—worship, communion, service—forms a living picture of Christ’s presence.

• Isolated faith often echoes the crowd’s question; shared faith testifies, “He is here.”

5. Testify to What He Has Done

• Like the healed man, we may start with “I do not know where He is,” yet we can still say, “One thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!” (John 9:25)

• Personal testimony answers skeptics by spotlighting transformation, not geography.

Revelation 12:11 affirms that believers overcome “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.”

6. Seek Him with a Whole Heart

• “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13)

• Halfhearted searching leaves us near-sighted; wholehearted pursuit reveals the Savior who was pursuing us first (Luke 19:10).


Living the Answer

• Faith rests on the certainty that Jesus is alive, present, and accessible.

• When others ask, “Where is He?” we point them to Scripture, share Spirit-led words, obey visibly, worship corporately, and recount His works.

• The man once blind eventually met Jesus again and believed (John 9:35–38). So will anyone who seeks Him in these ways, for “He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

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