The Truth Behind the Story

November 29, 2006

Lar,

That last link was definitely scary, but isn’t it simply an object lesson of what we already know from Scripture? “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). The news really does give us a plain picture of the human heart. It is ashame so few people really get the truth behind the news–that the human race is desperately in need of the Savior. Well, actually many probably read the news and think that ‘those people’ need a Savior. They fail to look at themselves and realize how the news reveals their own depravity.

I read Jesus’ comments in Luke 13 this morning. They seem fitting for this topic. You know the story, but it is worth retelling, of course.

“There were some present at that very time who told him [Jesus] about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, ‘Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; 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 offenders that all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish” (Luke 13:1-5).

Imagine the people who brought the news to Jesus. They probably thought that Jesus would denounce Pilate, but Jesus turns around and calls them to account! What a way to talk! What a way to draw a crowd huh? And this wasn’t an isolate incident we know. Jesus hears the news and says, so what does this reveal about you? Look at yourselves. Get the right story behind the story. Repent before your day of judgment comes.

And isn’t the Lord still sending this message in almost every news story we read. Look at yourselves. Get the story behind the story. Repent before your day of judgment comes. May the Lord grant us eyes to see.

I am thankful that you see like this brother. Pray for me, that I might point the finger at myself before I do so at others (which also needs to be done, but that is for another post!).

Trying to read the news in a way that honors our great God and humbles my own arrogant soul,
Joe

Posted by Joe | Filed Under Random Musings, Scripture Meditation