The text above is pulled from a point where the people of
Jerusalem are trying to apprehend Jesus after he spoke the following words in
reference to God: “You do not know him, but
I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” They likely viewed this
as blasphemy and were enraged by his words, keen on getting their hands on him.
But the interesting part about this small bit of scripture is that it
highlights the power that God has when he is intimately involved in the situation.
Even though the crowd attempted to seize this single man, they were unable to
even lay a hand on him. We might speculate and rationalize that their
unsuccessful attempts were because they were too slow, unskilled, or the area
was too crowded. If we do this, we miss the point of the text above. The people
were unable to capture Christ because it was not his time to be captured. God
had a timeline in place and at that moment, Christ was not to be captured…so he
wasn’t…simple as that. I firmly believe God kept it from happening…much like he
keeps certain things from happening…or allows certain things to happen…in our
own lives today. Far too often we rationalize events in our lives with “worldly
logic” instead of acknowledging God’s loving hand in the equation. What a
privilege it is to be a people that have the attention of the one true God! May
we welcome him into our lives each day, keeping our eyes and ears open to his
ways, and giving praise where praise is due! To God be the glory!
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