24/06/2020
In ancient times, it is a common thing for people to follow someone who appears to be knowledgeable and wise. Same is true in the time of our Lord Yeshua/Jesus. We can read in the gospel account for example that John the Baptist, the Pharisees and the Lord had their own sets of disciples or followers. The disciples are to observe, listen and absorb everything their teacher does and say, eventually they become like the one they are following. But the Lord says that whoever listens and does His teachings is wise and that person will be prepared to what is coming ahead! What is the difference between Him and other teachers? Is He better and more educated than others? Well, it is more than that, the Scripture says that He is the One who came from above, became flesh and dwelt among us! In other words, He is God-the Son of God clothed into a human body! At the beggining of this year alone (2020) unprecedented things took place, things we never thought would happen just like that. Famine, various deseases are in various parts of the world and rumors of wars we see on the news. How can we prepare ourselves? What is the best thing to do? Storing food is an urgent thing to do while others opted to store guns and ammunitions. But why not take it from the One who is eternal? To listen and obey His words is the best preparation we can do! Storms in life may come anytime, perhaps we just had ours, or to some of us are currently going through it, but if we hold on to His Word we will find ourselves strong on the same ground! So, to whom do we pattern our lives into? To whose instructions are we following? Just like in the ancient, there are too many voices, ideas and opinions these days, but there is One voice that can truly give us courage and peace from the inside out to keep our heads up even in this moment of uncertainty, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ!