Distracted God

by Paul Faulkner

Phillip Yancey said, "Jesus did not mechanically follow a list of 'things I have to do today.'" I like that! I doubt if Jesus would have appreciated our modern emphasis on punctuality and precise scheduling.

    He attended wedding feasts that lasted for days; he let himself be distracted by any "nobody" he came across, whether it was a hemorraging woman who sneaked up and touched his robe from behind, or a blind beggar who made a nuisance of himself. Two of his most impressive miracles -- the raising of Jairus' daughter and the raising of Lazarus from the dead -- took place because he arrived too late to heal the sick person!

    And here I've got my Daytimer, and I bet you've got yours, or a long list of things that absolutely, positively must be done today. Maybe, just maybe, it's time to reevaluate. What do you think?

Posted: 03/29/2000
URL: http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200003/20000329_family1023.html

(c) 1998, Paul Faulkner.

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