Who Likes Division?

 Luke 12: 49-53

Not Peace but Division

⁴⁹ “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! ⁵⁰ But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! ⁵¹ Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. ⁵² From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. ⁵³ They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

An old adage has it that "a house divided cannot stand." History has verified this over and over again, And yet the "Prince of Peace" is here advocating for division! Jesus is so on fire for the spread of his message and kingdom, that he is ready to sow the seeds of division to obtain it.  This would be "good division", a separation of the complacent, self-centered from the eager, enthusiastic, those on fire.  The kingdom of fire hs no room, nor time for the slugs who will hold back and not give their all. The Pandemic makes it even harder for the fire to blaze, but perhaps is just what we need to stoke up the flames.  How would Jesus handle himself, his mission, his life if he were with us today?  His fire would still be blazing, wouldn't it?  How about mine?

Bro. Rene