Jesus said, “You’re looking right at him. Don’t you recognize my voice?”
God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in.
Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: “Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You’ve concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that’s the way you like to work.”
“I am he,” said Jesus. “You don’t have to wait any longer or look any further.”
“Master, I believe,” the man said, and worshiped him.