Taste and See

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 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.

John 1:10-13

He was in the world, the world was there through him, and yet the world didn't even notice. He came to his own people, but they didn't want him. But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made become children of God. 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! You're stale. You're stagnant. You make me want to vomit. 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. "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.