John 11-12 Losing face helps to save it!!

November 9th, John 11-12

       If your looking for a key to unlock part of life here it is. Why do people accuse, misunderstand, fight, get bloodied against the truth? Part of the answer lies in the text this morning. Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. The Pharisees hear from the people and respond as people do when their authority is threatened.
       "So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, What are we to do? For this man performs many signs, If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation."
       Again I love irony and how some people can't see the obvious. Your assumptions about Jesus are that if people believed in Him it would be a bad thing! You are all work up about something that is wrong…I'm sure that gets repeated in my life as well. Second funny statement…HELLO, the Romans already took your place and nation, your under their authority because you've already lost it!! If this is your perception of the problem, this all happened long before Jesus arrived.
       It all ties in to my thought for the day which is this…when you or I or any other of us fellow human beings feel like we are losing power, position, or control of something, we do all the silly/terrible things we see the Pharisees doing. Even so far as killing the Lord(ship) of Christ in our lives, because "I'm not losing my place."
       Advice: Lose your status and gain a better one!!