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| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| Being quiet. |
Jeremiah 20: 11
But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior, so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten. O Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.
Jesus Before Pilate (in Matthew 18:28-40)
Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?"
"If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."
Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law."
"But we have no right to execute anyone," the Jews objected. 32This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled.
Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
"Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?"
"Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?"
Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."
You are a king, then!" said Pilate.
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
"What is truth?" Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him. 39But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release 'the king of the Jews'?"
They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion.
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I was doing my quiet time on these verses yesterdae... why? because I felt maligned. I felt slandered. I felt unjustly treated. But... this is an unfair world. an unjust world. only God can probe the heart and mind of the righteous. no one else even yet has the technology to realli know what a person is thinking @ the moment. yeh in futuristic films people tend to come up with such devices but such inventions are still in the future. and only God can judge as He is the Most Righteous. And only He can look @ the heart and bring peace to those who are feeling unjust.
Sorry for being so negative in my previous blog entry and thanks to all who expressed their concern and support. I think I seriously needed a time of reflection and rejuvenation with God. To replenish my love for people, to replenish my fighting spirit and to replenish my faith. And so... I did it yesterdae for 2 hrs. Just had that short time with God. Going to schedule a longer one to be with Him soon.
Looking @ how Jesus reacted in his trial... I realised that Jesus was the most vocal here. And even in his most vocal, he does not say much (3 sentences - 1 question and 2 answers). And in his answers He does not even try to convince people that He is innocent. No! He just repeated what he had been teaching the past 3 years. He knew the people had already judged him. He knew that He cannot escape from the cruxification. He knew He has to die for us in order for us to go to Heaven. He did not say all these in the trial. He did not say how much He had sacrificed for us during the trial. He kept quiet. That blew my mind away. In the midst of the market-like atmosphere trial where accusations were thrown at Jesus, Jesus remained quiet. And from what He said, He was steadfast in his beliefs and unwavering in His knowledge of what He was going to do.
And me? Just that someone slandered me... I was so worked up. I was so mad. I was so angry. I was engaged in a cross-fire of words. I shouted into the phone. I screamed my innocence over MSN. okay, I am not a banshee yet but I did felt a big injustice was done to me. And what did that earn me? What did all these behaviours to get my innocence get me? More unsettled emotions and fatigue. Were my friends convinced? No and yes. He still felt that he has to find out more. So that he can know the truth... and what Clara shared to me hit me. Jesus remained quiet throughout because He knew the people wont accept what He said. Why should He try to defend himself to a bunch of people whose hearts were deaf to the truth? It's not that He never tried to talk to them but Satan has muted their senses and deafened their conscience. I am not saying that my friend is being deceived by Satan or what... But if he is already convinced of a certain truth... no matter what I say is unlikely to change his beliefs. Why do I persist in making myself miserable just to prove to him that what he believes is not true? Why let my joy be affected? I should just surrender it to God. yeah.
Amen. |
ranted by Jerraine @ 9:38 AM  |
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