Luke 23:35 – The people stood watching , and the
rulers even sneered at Him. They said, “He saved others; let Him save Himself
if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
Luke 13:16 – Then should not this woman, a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the
Sabbath day from what bound her?”
There are 3 kinds of people in this world. First, people who
make things happen. Second, people who stood and watch things happen, and
third, people who does not even know what happen.
We heard a lot of teachings and seminars talking about how
we, as God’s children, should be the ones who make things happen and try our
best to avoid being the third type of people who cannot read the sign of ages
and not knowing what God is actually doing nowadays.
However, almost no teachings or sermons are talking about
the second type of people, the ones that just stood there and watch things happen.
There are some intriguing key learnings from the second type
of person that only stood there and watch things happen:
* The Biggest percentage of people is actually in
the second type of people who only watch what happens without doing anything,
compare to those who truly doing something to make things happen and those who
are ignorant that do not really care about what is happening.
· * Learning that majority of the people just stood
and watches the crucifixion of Jesus, we can learn that there is a presence of
darkness and corruption in the human heart where we do take pleasures in
violence, blood, and death. Thus, in Roman and Greek arenas there are people who
cheered as other people fought and killed each other. In fact, in this modern
society, we can see that millions of adults and children find pleasures in
entertainment and media that shows brutality, violence, and death. Worse, it has
become something that is natural to see these days.
· * Jesus is crucified to change this attitude of
the heart and to show the world the meaning of true love and how we can learn
to love and care for others.
· * It is our duty as the head of the family, as entrepreneurs,
as professionals, as workers, as members of families, to spread our influence and
take on the responsibilities to guard all our hearts from human pain and
tragedy.
· * Jesus wants to remind us that above all rules
written in the Torah, the most important thing is our availability to respond
to other people hurts and needs, instead of taking pleasure in watching it
happen (Luke 13:16).
It is always easy to choose to do nothing and just stand there
and watch. We have to always ask ourselves this question, “How proactive are we
in noticing other people’s hurts and urgent needs and our actions to help?”
It
is time to become more like Christ everyday. Let’s see this world from His eyes
and do what He desires. And when that happens, get ready to feel His heart and
His compassion towards His people.
-JH-
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