"The Synopsis" - Too

 "Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard." (Ecclesiastes 9:16 KJV)

  "So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him, "God should get the glory for this, because we know this man Jesus is a sinner." "I don't know whether he is a sinner," the man replied. "But I know this: I was blind, and now I see!" "But what did he do?" they asked. "How did he heal you?" "Look!" the man exclaimed. "I told you once. Don't you listen? Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?" Then they cursed him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses! We know God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where this man comes from." "Why, that's very strange!" the man replied. "He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from? We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he couldn't have done it." "You were born a total sinner!" they answered. "Are you trying to teach us?" And they threw him out of the synagogue." (John 9:24-34 NLT)

 Anywho; this is something that makes this story altogether interesting; or as Solomon says, "great!" To be totally honest, I had no clue where this was going, but I do believe this must have been something that Solomon envisioned, seeing the injustice of what it might be towards some poor man, with great wisdom, to be despised and his words not listened to. 

 You do know that God does all things in His perfect time, right? Well, as it turned out, the region where Jesus was born was under Roman rule, at just the right time. The children of Isreal were looking for the Messiah to come, hoping for that Messiah came to deliver them from the hand of the Roman's. This Messiah that they hoped for, they imagined to be someone of stature and of great esteem. However, Jesus came as a humble and poor man; even though He actually was more important than what they were looking for, but they couldn't see it, because they were blind! 

 I know, this is something which may not be: but the Bible is more entwined with so many illustrations of Jesus, there are just too many to number or keep track of. I heard Pastor Jon give a message one day, showing all the measurements of the articles to be placed in the Temple. As he had shown it, God gave specific measurements to Moses for each and every item; except for the Water-Basin used by the priests for ceremonial cleansing. That Water-Basin represents the Word of God, of which there is no limit or containment! And, if you didn't know this, the Word is Christ Jesus!      

 Hopefully I haven't overstepped or stretched things too far; if so, I must confess, I'm not sorry! As to the post from yesterday, it was meant to address the unlimited abilities that God can bless those who are faithful in giving. When God says that He was robbed, He surely isn't talking about us robbing Him of money, because that is His, all along! But what we do, is rob Him from blessing us, and allowing Him to make us a vessel that pours out blessings; instead of a vessel that collects trash! 

 By the way, just a little note about my New Year goal setting; by 1989 my weekly tithes were up to $350.00 per week; and my monthly sales broke over $52,000, net. I was able to ask my boss to not pay me so much, because my income was being taxed at really high levels; so, I asked him to just pay me $2,400 per week. and to keep the rest on the books.  

 No one can ever convince me that God does not bless a cheerful giver...

"So the rumor spread among the community of believers that this disciple wouldn't die. But that isn't what Jesus said at all. He only said, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?" This disciple is the one who testifies to these events and has recorded them here. And we know that his account of these things is accurate. Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written." (John 21:23-25 NLT)