Jesus was
followed by a crowd wanting to hear and be with Him. So many of them crowded into the house where
He was staying that neither He nor the apostles could even eat. Family and friends became concerned about Him
not eating or taking care of Himself [Mark 3:20-21]. Later, He seemed to belittle their efforts to
help Him [Mark 3:23-35]. That wasn’t
the first time Christ had rebuffed attempts to be cared for. Even as a child
Christ had said to His parents, “Do you not know that I
must be about my Father’s business?” [Luke 2:49].
I’ve been
thinking today about how many times I didn’t listen to or actively rejected
advice from family and friends, even pleadings from those trying to protect me.
Worse,
though, are the many times I’ve refused to listen to God’s voice! I recognize now, (in my ancient wisdom), that
He’s seized me several times in my life in an effort to show me that I was
going down the wrong path, that what I sought was not the way to happiness or
to Him.
I understand
that it’s corny and trite and completely overused, but the old saying, “Today
is the first day of the rest of your life” comes to mind. With the New Year barely begun, with the rest
of my life just starting, I need to remember that when life is out of balance,
when nothing seems right, when my wheels spin in the mud and I can’t get
traction: that's when I need to listen
for His voice.
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