Scripture:
While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so
he went in and sat at table. 38 The Pharisee was astonished
to see that he did not first wash before dinner. 39 And the Lord said to him,
"Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but
inside you are full of extortion and wickedness. 40 You fools! Did not he who
made the outside make the inside also? Luke 11:37-40
Reflection:
How
often I have scientific advisors who give me logical arguments on why I should
be eating a particular food item or wash my hands or sleep at a particular time
and drink a certain amount of liquid or go for a particular system of medicine
or certain exercises. These are things we may need to follow if our world is
ordered on the world and its principles. They may be logical reasoning’s with scientific
backings but are ultimately rooted in well denied and wonderfully camouflaged deep
fears of the civilized man and fraught with danger.
But if you, like a good Pharisee, has ordered
your life on God then you will never get astonished with the apparently uncultured,
uncivilized behavior of Jesus and more so will seek how to imitate him and his liberating
Word.
Go not by the scientific mindset rooted in fears
but go by the liberated mindset of basing yourself on God’s Word and with his
help seeking to clean the inside of the vessel. This will definitively lead to the
real health of endurance that leads to life eternal. For even the world may
remember you not so much for your long life but for your good life.
Prayer:
Lord, help me to grow in the trust of you so that
I may no longer put my trust in the worldly values and wisdom, which is rooted
in fear.
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