Luke 7:31-35
"How can I account for the people of this
generation? 32 They're like spoiled children complaining to their parents, 'We
wanted to skip rope and you were always too tired; we wanted to talk but you
were always too busy.' 33 John the Baptizer came fasting and you called him
crazy. 34 The Son of Man came feasting and you called him a lush. 35 Opinion
polls don't count for much, do they? The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
Food for thought!
Today's words of Jesus tells of the perversity of
our heart. John had come, living with a hermit's austerity, and some people had
said that he was too much less for their liking. Jesus had come, living the
life of men and entering into all their activities, and they had labelled him
too much for them. Jesus does not force himself on us; if you think you don't
need him, he will not force you. (Rev 3:20) "Look at me. I stand at the
door. I knock. If you hear me call and open the door, I'll come right in and
sit down to supper with you."
This is what Jesus did then and does now: knock at
our doors and wait.
Jn 1:10-13
He was in the world, the world was there through
him, and yet the world didn't even notice. 11 He came to his own people, but
they didn't want him. 12 But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he
claimed and would do what he said, He made become children of God. 13 These are
the God-begotten, not blood-begotten, not flesh-begotten, not sex-begotten.
Rev 3:15-18
"I know you inside and out, and find little to
my liking. You're not cold, you're not hot-- far better to be either cold or
hot! 16 You're stale. You're stagnant. You make me want to vomit. 17 You brag,
'I'm rich, I've got it made, I need nothing from anyone,' oblivious that in
fact you're a pitiful, blind beggar, threadbare and homeless. 18" Here's
what I want you to do: Buy your gold from me, gold that's been through the
refiner's fire. Then you'll be rich. Buy your clothes from me, clothes designed
in Heaven. You've gone around half- naked long enough. And buy medicine for
your eyes from me so you can see, really see.
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