Thursday,
February 9, 2023
Jesus’ teaching in the temple was not
clouded. The people who heard him could not have mistaken what he meant
when he offered “living water” – it was Messiah-talk. But they got
divided over Jesus’ pedigree…and thus it goes, day after day, century upon
century.
It’s hard for someone like me to look
critically on those who had questions in their hearts about just who (or what)
Jesus was going to be in their lives. After all, I’m a logic-driven male
child; I live to divide my own thoughts. I like to think things through
until the box is all well-defined; then I want to seal it and preserve what
I’ve discovered forever! (Why do you think I write a blog?)
There are those who live on the other
side of the brain; they intuitively feel and sense their way through stuff in a
manner totally-alien to my brain. The difference between us is much like
the difference between a foot-soldier with a rifle who thinks: ready-aim-fire, versus a technician
getting ready to shoot a guided missile who is trained to ready-fire-aim.
That tech guy launches the missile, then steers it all the way to the target.
Whether you’re a cautious-stepper or
a freestyle-leaper, Jesus has always caused division. Life’s journey and
the Kingdom of God have always had (and needed) both.
For You Today
Point from one who has been there –
take the leap – he’s ready to catch you.
There are about 2,000 devotional
posts and 400 sermons in the Rocky Road Devotions
library. To dig deeper on
today’s topic, explore some of these:
What Do You Think? and Rivers of Living Water
This is an updated version of “Division in the Crowd published on Rocky Road Devotions May 8, 2013
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Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
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