Luke 4:24

Luke 4:24. "I tell you the truth," he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” ^NIV

It has long been a mystery to me why there are times when I have the answer for some folk’s problems.  I can see the answer in scripture.  It is as plan as the nose on your face and that can be pretty plain.  Why is it that when there are such simple answers that people feel that the answer has to be much more complicated?

God’s answers are not complicated at all.  If I were to take all the answers to all the problems of our lives, there would not be any complex formula to the answers.  The simple answer is Jesus Christ.  He is the answer and it is so simple that many people stumble over it like it was a large log lying in the road.

However, the problem I see that is the most stunning and disheartening to me, is that we are of less help to our own family than to the rest of the world.  I would so like to help my family, especially the immediate family.  But, you know what?  Jesus had just the same problem when he began preaching. He said, "I tell you the truth," he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” I might add “in my own house.” 

How many of us have children and grand-children and maybe even great-grand-children that are trying to find all the answers in friends, drugs, alcohol, or pleasure.  It seems that our words are of no value to their chosen lifestyle.  It breaks our hearts and leaves us very weak and perplexed as to just what to do.  I know all these feelings all too well.  But, I maintain that we must follow scripture when dealing with these issues.  The prodigal son was left alone until…HE… decided he had had enough of that kind of life.

People who have been into these kinds of things and then found Christ are many. I only hope we have enough grace to trust God to bring them to the end of themselves, soon.  Somehow God loves to work alone in these cases.  He doesn’t need our help.  I know that we are always on the ready to be of assistance but the genuine change can only come from Jesus Christ.  For only He can change the heart!

What I recommend is that we all pull up a chair beside Jesus and wait with Him!

Just a thought