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When Jesus Doesn’t Care (Not Fair)

April 29, 2012 by Fritz

Martha was upset over all the work she had to do, so she came and said, Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself, tell her to come and help me! — Luke 10:40

Three (3) times in the New Testament Jesus was accused of not caring. One was when Jesus visited in the home of friends.

One of the hosts, Mary, just sat there listening to Jesus while her sister, Martha, was doing all the work. Where was Jesus’ sense of fairness? Maybe Jesus liked Mary more than Martha! That just wasn’t right — if everyone did what Mary was doing nothing would get done!

Sometimes we feel burdened with responsibility while others seem to go scot-free.

This story points to the real reason why we do things for Jesus. Is it because someone has to do them and everyone should have to share the burden or is because we feel called to a particular area of service, even if no one else is, and we offer our service as a sacrifice trusting God knows, cares, and will meet my needs at the right time?

Related Post: “What’s My Calling” – June 27, 2010
— fritz

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When Jesus Doesn’t Care (No Visible Action)

April 28, 2012 by Fritz

Jesus “was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? — Mark 4:38

Jesus was accused of not caring three times in the New Testament.

One of those occasions was after he had spent the whole day preaching. He and the disciples were headed to the other side of a the lake when a storm started to capsize the ship.

Many of the disciples were experienced fishermen so they did what they knew best — they bailed water. But it was too much for them and they were sinking. Not Jesus, he was sleeping. They thought if he cared he would be frantic like them, after all if the ship sinks he goes with it — maybe not! Maybe he would walk away and leave them drowning.

It wasn’t that Jesus didn’t care, it was that he trusted his Father. That trust is at the heart of why this story is in the Bible. He peacefully slept while all around was in turmoil because he knew that at the right time the Father would show him what to do, even if it was strange, that it would work, and they would all be ok.

Panic never solved anything in a good way. Trust, rest, calm action when prompted — that’s what God wants us to learn through the storms.

— fritz

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Man-Making Contest…

April 27, 2012 by Fritz


John Ortberg tells a cute little story in his book, Faith and Doubt, which I am enjoying:

A group of scientists decided that human beings had come a long way and no longer needed God.

They picked one scientist to go and tell God they did not need him anymore. The scientist went to him and said, “God we can make it on our own. We know how life started. We know the secret. We know how to clone it. We know how to duplicate it. We can do it without you”

God listened patiently and said, “All right. What do you say we have a man-making content?”

The scientist said, “Ok, Great. We’ll do it”

God said, “Now we’re going to do it just the way I did it back in the old days with Adam.”

The Scientist said, “Sure, no problem.” He reached down and grabbed a handful of dirt and God said, “No, no, no. You get your own dirt”1

He tells it to put focus on the real issue of faith:

Talking about something that changes into something else and how long it takes for something to change into something else— that’s not what most cries out for explanation. The trick is how do you get from nothing to something, and why is there something? We all want to know.1

1. Ortberg, John (2008-09-02). Faith and Doubt (Kindle Locations 856-857). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.

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