Why?

Luke 12:54-59 

Then he turned to the crowd: "When you see clouds coming in from the west, you say, 'Storm's coming'--and you're right. 55 And when the wind comes out of the south, you say, 'This'll be a hot one'--and you're right. 56 Frauds! You know how to tell a change in the weather, so don't tell me you can't tell a change in the season, the God-season we're in right now. 57 "You don't have to be a genius to understand these things. Just use your common sense, 58 the kind you'd use if, while being taken to court, you decided to settle up with your accuser on the way, knowing that if the case went to the judge you'd probably go to jail 59 and pay every last penny of the fine. That's the kind of decision I'm asking you to make."

Food for thought!

Jesus is surprised at us. He says, “Why can’t you decide for yourselves what is right?"  Curious.  Why don't we know what is good for us? why do we choose what is dangerous to us? Why? Why do we spend our time and money on things that have little or no relevancy to us?  This is the question Isaiah put long ago:

Why do you spend your money on junk food, your hard-earned cash on cotton candy? Listen to me, listen well: Eat only the best, fill yourself with only the finest. (Isaiah 55:2)

The people who were so wise to read the signs of the sky could not, or would not, read the signs of the times. If they had, they would have seen that the kingdom of God was on the way. Jesus used a very vivid illustration. He said, "When you are threatened with a law-suit, come to an agreement with your adversary before the matter comes to court, for if you do not you will have imprisonment to endure and a fine to pay." 

The assumption is that the defendant has a bad case which will inevitably go against him. "Every body," Jesus implied, "has a bad case in the presence of God; and if we were wise, we will make our peace with God while yet there is time." There are some things we cannot afford to put off; above all, making our peace with God.