Jesus sighs.
It’s ironic, of course, because
they’ve already seen plenty of signs. He’s been exorcising unclean spirits,
healing people left and right, multiplying bread and fish as if by magic, and
teaching with a kind of power and authority no one has ever seen before. He
backs everything he says with action and compassion.
His disciples have seen even
greater and stranger things than these: He has calmed the wind and the sea and
walked in the water.
Where do the religious leaders
think he has come from? How do they think he has been doing the things he’s
been doing? Are they kidding?
No wonder he sighs. It’s absolutely
exasperating. Some people will never be convinced, no matter what he says or
does.
Clearly, these leaders think they
haven’t seen a sign. Their thoughts and opinions have become powerful; more
powerful, in fact, than the miraculous things that have happened. In their
minds, they have witnessed nothing out of the ordinary. They can explain it all
away.
Jesus sees there’s no convincing
them of anything. Now he does the only thing that makes any sense. He gives in
and goes along with them. “Why does this generation ask for a sign?” he says.
“Truly I tell you no sign will be given to this generation.”
What he doesn’t say is, “I could
give another sign, but you’d never believe it anyway.”
Text for the day:
Things to think
about:
Jesus has been performing signs,
wonders, exorcisms, and healings all around you, for your entire life. He has
always been teaching with a new kind of power and authority, backed up with
action and compassion.
Things to do:
Look for something miraculous, no
matter how small, in your life today.
Jesus, open my eyes
to see your signs.
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