Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 23:35 (New Living Translation)

35 The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

This is part of the (hi)story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. At this point, Jesus has been nailed to the cross and is placed between crosses of two criminals who are being executed that day. Several times following this sentence different persons tell Jesus to save Himself as he claimed to have that ability.

In due time, Jesus would save Himself.

It is no great revelation to note that God does things in ways and at times that don’t make much sense to folks like me. I have solutions; God just needs to listen to me and do things my way. Silly me.

Jesus did save Himself. How and when Jesus saved Himself were beyond imagination (silly me and my limited imagination).

Sigh. I wish I understood how all this works. I wish I understood God’s timing for things and how they work out and fit into systems that make sense to me. Nice wishes; they probably won’t be met as that just isn’t what God does. That is inconvenient for me at times, but that is something I should mature into understanding.