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Saturday... We are so smart, aren't we?


Saturday... We are so smart, aren't we?

Well, we think we are and we are in so many different ways. But the truth is our pride gets in the way so much. I know it does, me.

Over in Luke 8 in the NT of the Bible in verse 53 (NIV) it says, "They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead."


Here is the story. In verse 41 it says, "Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus feet, pleading with him to come to his house because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve was dying." Here was a very smart man who had a problem that his smarts couldn't handle so he came to Jesus and that definitely was smart.

What problem are you facing today and your smarts really are having a problem handle it? This man did the right and the really smart thing and came to Jesus. So they, Jesus and Jairus set out to his house to take care of the problem. 

Now along the way some of his friends came and told him that his daughter had died and that he didn't need to bother Jesus. They were smart and knew that no one could solve this problem but Jesus and Jairus kept coming. They knew something that these others guys didn't know, even though they thought they were so smart

There are going to be people who are going to laugh at us because we have put our trust in God. And we need to handle it. The Devil wants to keep us from putting our trust in God and laughing at us and putting us down is one of the ways he tries to put a stop to us. But they kept going.

Now they got there and Jesus didn't let anyone go in the room where the girl was except three of his disciples and the parents and everyone else stayed outside wailing and mourning for her and Jesus said to them (v. 52b, "Stop wailing,... she is not dead but asleep." And then verse 53 says, "They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead."

So which side would we have been on if this happened to us today? We are smart and this is an impossible situation. We might be tempted to also laugh. Don't let our smarts, our pride get in the way of our faith

Verses 54-56 says, "But he took her by the hand and said, 'My child, get up!' Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened." He maybe didn't want them to be laughed at.

Our being smart is a great thing but don't let it get in the way of our faith in God. He has what it takes to take care of that impossible problem that we are facing. 

By the way, our having faith in God is really smart. Yes, Yes! #todaysbeginning 

 


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