2.17.9 "Deeply Disturbed by Indifference"

"Deeply Disturbed by Indifference"

Leviticus 4:1-5:19
Mark 2:13-3:6
Psalm 36:1-12
Proverbs 10:1-2

Have you ever heard that "the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing"? As we go through life maturing in our walk with the Lord, we have this constant struggle with the flesh. We know we're supposed to die to the flesh, but for some reason, it seems to be on "life-support", and just wont stay dead.

If we don't keep our flesh under the subjection of the spirit, it begins to create a false sense of what being a Christian is all about. We have to remember that knowing Christ must cause us to focus on the needs of others. If this is not our focus, we have lost our purpose. We have become no different than the Pharisees in Jesus' day.

In Mark 3:1-6, Jesus is in the synagogue in Capernaum. "Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus' enemies watched him closely. Would he heal the man's hand? If he did, they planned to arrest him! Jesus asked the man to come and stand in front of the congregation. Then turning to his enemies he asked, 'Is it all right to do kind deeds on Sabbath days? Or is this a day for doing harm? Is it a day to save lives or to destroy them?' But they wouldn't answer him.

"Looking around at them angrily, for he was deeply disturbed by their indifference to human need, he said to the man, 'Reach out your hand.' He did, and instantly his hand was healed! At once the Pharisees went away and met with the Herodians to discuss plans for killing Jesus."

If the Son of God is "deeply disturbed", I think it's important that we take note as to why. It says what disturbed him was "their indifference to human need". What happened to the Pharisees that would create this "indifference"? It seems obvious that their religion was "about them". The laws they practiced and kept were for the purpose of serving their needs more than it was to know the heart of a loving God who is concerned for those in need.

It's good that doesn't happen any more. It's good that Christians today don't become so self-absorbed and critical of others that they fail to realize what the standards are for in the first place. Ok, so I'm being sarcastic.

Our purpose is our "Mission to Reach our World for Christ". This is what everything is for. We can become so inward focussed on our own needs and opinions that we've lost the drive for our purpose. We must make sure that we see the needs around us and we strive to meet them.

I would hate to come to the realization that Jesus was deeply disturbed by MY indifference to human need. I want my heart to become like his, and not like that of the Pharisees. I must die to my flesh. My motivation cannot be to serve my own needs. I must seek to serve others. I must live the DREAM!



Through the Power of the Spirit,
Live the DREAM!

P Greg


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