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D4G – Humility in the Face of Trouble
Posted by admin | Posted in Devotion | Posted on 19-02-2009
Mark 15:1-5 (HCSB)
1 As soon as it was morning, the chief priests had a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin. After tying Jesus up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.
2 So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “You have said it.”
3 And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things. 4 Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Are You not answering anything? Look how many things they are accusing You of!” 5 But Jesus still did not answer anything, so Pilate was amazed.
“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, “All right, then, have it your way” C.S. Lewis
To often we want everything that we feel is owed us. We feel that simply because we breath air into our lungs that we deserve everything. Because we can turn on a computer, or work aDVR that people should bow down and admire our tech superiority.
Well perhaps not everyone believes the world should revolve around them. . at least not all the time. But if we look deeper inside of us, how often do we just wish someone would appreciate how hard we work?
To be honest we all like to feel loved and wanted, but we take it to far extremes if we allow ourselves to become first over more important things in this world, like God.
When Jesus faced Pilate just before the crucifixion He could have made it all go away. He is God after all. One word, one small action, and everything could have changed. The arrest, thebetrayal, the crowd, all gone. Instead of doing what was owed him, or what He deserves, Jesus showed us humility.
Jesus did not fill out a GM ticket, cry that he had been hacked, or wish that everything be restored. He simply answered the question to Pilate, “You have said it.” When those around himfalsely accused him Pilate looked at him and marveled at how he could just take it, knowing that it was false.
How could He? Because He loves us.
“To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.” Benjamin Franklin
Music: Meditation #3 Shema, by Michael Card