“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
A troubled heart
Because the Israelites
were complaining to the point of weeping at the entrance of their tents,
God became very angry,
and Moses was troubled.
He said to God,
"Why have you brought this trouble on your servant?
Why have I not found favor in your eyes, that you have put the burden of all these people on me? ...
Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me,
'Give us meat to eat!' I cannot carry all these people by myself; the
burden is too heavy for me.
If this is how you are
going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—
if I have found favor in
your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin"
(Numbers 11:10-15).
Reflecting on these
words, we can consider the troubled heart of the leader Moses:
(1)
A troubled
heart does not lead us to recognize God's grace
but makes us feel the burden (responsibility) God has placed on us even
more heavily.
(2) A troubled heart makes us focus more on the realistic situation
rather than looking to
Almighty God in faith. It leads us to think in human terms and feel helpless
due to the seemingly impossible circumstances.
(3)
A troubled
heart makes us feel like we are alone.
(4)
A troubled
heart makes us think that the Lord is not treating us as we desire.
(5)
A troubled
heart makes us see our situation as miserable
and leads us to ask the Lord to take us to heaven instead.
(6)
A troubled
heart prevents us from recognizing the grace
that God bestows, and instead, we wish for the grace we want from God.
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