Thoughts for another day

April 30, 2014.

Today's verse:  Luke 23:23. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

Sometimes I sit and think, why is the world so positively vociferous on things that’re carcinogenic and even sinful, that they may indulge in it?  Why do people often go for the wrong and ignore the right?  What’s the incentive that marks the mind of man to indulge in things that’re fastidious, sick and unruly rather than be involved in things that are good and healthy.

It’s really an enigma that people who’re often able to see the good, still go and do the bad.  This is what happened with Jesus as we find in our Scripture above where it says the people who just a few days earlier had welcomed Him into Jerusalem were today baying for His blood?  Oh, I can imagine them with palm shoots running behind Him as He rode a donkey and Scripture says they even laid their cloaks down on the road as He moved along giving Him reverence accorded only to their kings (cf. 2 Ki. 9:13).  Yet, a few days later, these very people under the influence of evil, cried hard and persistently for His crucifixion. 

Are we amazed?  Not at all, because it’s seen that the power of evil (without God’s intervening power) seems very strong.  We too, so easily commit offences we’re ashamed of and wonder then whether we actually committed the offence. I understand the prayer of Jesus on the Cross: ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do!’  You know the evil intent in our DNA is often the harbinger of evil in our hearts which is why we do the evil we shouldn’t.  The only way to avoid this evil is by the Spirit of Christ, Who enables us to see the right from the wrong and helps us stand firm in our conviction and act according to it, whereby we refrain from doing the wrong we were to do.  Crave my friend for God’s Holy Spirit so you may see the right from the wrong even when the chips are down and selecting the right may cause a huge dent to your fortunes.  For in such a situation when you choose the right, then the time will come when you stand before the judgment seat and the Judge of all the earth will pat you and say, ‘Well done My faithful servant, welcome!’