How does one go about with a smiling face and jolly happy-go-lucky style
when one knows too well that what is going on around is a total farce
and no one wishes to see it so? ...leave alone challenge it?
So I thought of what He did in His times. He knew what people were upto. He also probably knew that He'd end up dead sooner than later. And how did He respond? "He went about doing good!" Did he stop speaking out against those who thought they knew it all, but had it all wrong? Did he make compromises? No, He didn't. Did he stop being who He was? No, He didn't.
So I said to myself as I left the Chapel this morning, "let me do good... good for God, for the community, for myself!" Perhaps in that order!
So I thought of what He did in His times. He knew what people were upto. He also probably knew that He'd end up dead sooner than later. And how did He respond? "He went about doing good!" Did he stop speaking out against those who thought they knew it all, but had it all wrong? Did he make compromises? No, He didn't. Did he stop being who He was? No, He didn't.
So I said to myself as I left the Chapel this morning, "let me do good... good for God, for the community, for myself!" Perhaps in that order!
He went about doing the will of his father. Whatever that was.
ReplyDeleteMight have looked good to some and not at all good to others. He was after all destroying ancient systems of law and power and relationships which certainly didn't look good to a whole lot of people.
It would have been extremely confusing, if he did not anchor himself completely in his reference point- his father's will.