Does Jesus Disturb You?
Matthew 2:3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
DISTURBED? Why would Herod and all of Jerusalem be disturbed? After all, the Magi were seeking an infant boy who would one day be a king. The Magi wanted to worship him a little boy. Why weren’t Herod and Jerusalem excited a future King had been born? Why weren’t they joyful the Heavens proclaimed the sign? Why weren’t they fired up to find out more?
I don’t know. Are you? For years, or perhaps for the first time today,, you may have heard the good news: John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Now I ask, “Does that news get you excited and joyful, or does it disturb you?” How could such Good News disturb you?
Perhaps it threatens your way of life. After all, you like living to your own purposes, doing what you want to do, focusing on yourself, instead of the Good News Giver. Or, it could be that the Good News might cause you to really live in Jesus’ teachings—how would that change your life? Perhaps this is disturbing because beneath the gift of love and salvation lies the promise of condemnation if you do not believe.
The truth is, God desires to disturb you to where you cry out to him, “Save me, Lord! I have sinned, and I need a Savior.”
Herod and Jerusalem were disturbed because the King threatened their way of life. God wants you to be disturbed because the King promises you a new life.
Pause and Consider that the Good News will calm what disturbs your soul.
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