Luke 5:31
Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of physician, but those who are sick."
There is a type
of suffering caused because we do not see the way out. A man may say that the basis of things
is rational -- “Get to the bottom of things, and you will find it all simple
and easy of explanation” -- well, that simply is not true. The basis of things is not rational, but tragic, and when you enter the domain of suffering and sorrow, you find
that reason and logic are your guide amongst things as they are, but nothing
more. Is it rational that I should
be born with a heredity over which I have no control? Is it rational that nations that are normally Christian
should be at war? The basis of
things is tragic, and the only way out is through the redemption. Many a man in mental stress of weather
is driven to utter what sounds like blasphemy, and yet he may be nearer God
than in his complacent acceptance of beliefs that have never been tried. Never be afraid of the man who seems to
you to talk blasphemously; he is up against problems you may never have met
with; instead of being wrathful, be patient with him. The man to be afraid of if the one who is indifferent; what
morality he has got is well within his own grasp, and Jesus Christ is of no account
at all.
Excerpts from Oswald Chambers
Daily Devotional Bible, Reading 90 (3/31)
From Biblical
Ethics
No comments:
Post a Comment