Thursday, October 04, 2007

one for all

I have uninentionally stumbled accross the following verse twice in 24 hours. One would get the feeling God is trying to say something.

Luke 12
54 Then He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is. 55 And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is. 56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?
This got me thinking. Although there are people who are certainly 'gifted' discerners, it appears that Jesus has commanded everybody to be discerners to an extent. For each of us to use our brains!

It's just like the passage says. We're so quick to judge and work out what is going on in the world, the newest fashion, the breaking news, and it's impact, but we're not discerning what's going on in the church today or kingdom-wise at 'this time'.

Interesting.

1 comment:

Stephanie Jewell said...

isnt Luke a fantastic book of the bible? i learnt so much from it recently and i always am learning something new whenever i read it!
in particular luke 22:48-51. amazing stuff!

and i agree with you, i think we are all called to be discerning, in some level a least!

good postings!

some background noise?