Can't' Win?

 

 

 Luke 7:31-35

 A Tough Crowd

³¹ Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other:

“‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
    and you did not cry.’

³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ³⁴ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ ³⁵ But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”

We get a sense of the frustration Jesus was experiencing as he relates this comparison; people heard but did not respond. Are we any different? Day after day, week after week, we hear the Gospel, we might even reflect on it for a time but little change is visible in our behavior. It seems that Jesus can't win with us as he couldn't with the people who actually heard his voice. We can change that. It's time for us to hear the music and dance to it!  Let's begin NOW!

Bro. Rene

Dear Jesus, help us to listen to your teachings, embrace them and live them. Amen.