The Person We Don’t Know Much About
September 23, 2013 Leave a comment
“People made fun of him, and even his friends left him. He was a man who suffered a lot of pain and sickness. We treated him like someone of no importance, like someone people will not even look at but turn away from in disgust. The fact is, it was our suffering he took on himself; he bore our pain. But we thought that God was punishing him, that God was beating him for something he did.” Isaiah 53:3, 4 ERV
We don’t pay much attention to the name “Jesus” until the time comes when we need him. A preacher once told a story of a church member who was one of the survivors of a tragic plane crash. He witnessed it all – how humanity desperately cries for God or the name “Jesus” as the plane was shaking hard as the captain of the plane instructed his crew to prepare for the worst. As the captain yelled “brace, brace brace”, he can hear people shouting “oh God help us”, some yelled the name is desperation “Jesus, help us” people crying out and moaning for help. As the plane hits the ground, his prayer was “Lord, Here I am”. Fortunately, he survived with a few others and told the story.
I was almost on the same story line awhile back but it was not a plane crash. Maybe you too experienced a similar incident when you thought that it was the last day of your life.
Why do we wait to call his name? Why do we allow difficult circumstance to dictate us when to know God? Why can’t we just believe in him now that we know everything is fine? Isn’t it logical to get to know our Savior now so that during the times of trouble, all we have to say is “Lord, take me in”.
It is not normal for us to seek God in the good times. We don’t see a need of God when everything is well. When our bank account is filled with resources, when our health is superb and we are able to wake up everyday without pain, when our mind is peaceful and not confused as we manage to make our day so productive, when our heart is not overwhelmed with troubles and problems – there is hardly a need for God.
Why is that?
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