Scriptures Used: John 12:1-11 John 11:45-57
Why do we only see what we want to see? In the run-up to Holy Week, the Pharisees and religious leaders are desperate to destroy Jesus. All they chose to see is the threat to their position and power, to their comfort and control. They ignore a dead man alive again. In fact, they decide to intentionally destroy a dead man who lives again so that they have their control. Don’t miss that…they seek to re-kill Lazarus instead of trusting in the one who raised Lazarus. And the same still happens…people chose to ignore the empty grave rather than trust the one who conquered death. There is no convincing someone who doesn’t want to see. But we can be different. Maybe its time for us to Look Again at Jesus. Look again…don’t miss what God does because its not what you want.