Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 7:30 (New International Version 2010)

²⁹ (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

Such a shame. In verse 30, we read that

the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves

God had something in store for these people. God had plans for them. These people, however, rejected all of what God had for them.

My life has been a stream of blessings from God – at least that is how I see it. There have been miserable, awful periods in my life, but God has given me what I needed to move through those periods and into other times of, well, I’ll use the word FUN.

What if I had rejected God’s purposes for me? What would my life have been?

I think that I still have a lot of life in front of me. I could reject the purposes that God still has in store for me. I think I’ll stay the course and stick with God’s purposes.