Friday, June 8, 2012

What is There to Celebrate?

"For some Jesus prayer, "...that you should keep them from the evil one" means no harm will come to them if they have faith and please God. Some of the people who lived in Jesus' time had similar beliefs.

"There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish” (Matthew 13:1-5).

If the Father keeping us from the evil one does not mean protection from all harm, what is there to celebrate? The answer to that question lies in the answer to two other questions. What is more important to me; my physical life or a relationship with God? Is my focus temporal or eternal?