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John 7:1-9 – Family Problems
The only problem with family is that they are…uh, family. Edna Buchanan said, “Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families.” Many people have sighed and accepted their fate by saying, “You don’t choose the family you are born into.”
Family. We have to love them, but that doesn’t mean we have to like them. We try to…we want to…but some family members… can… be… so… aggravating!!!
Family…even Jesus had trouble with His earthly family.
John 7:3-5 – (3) Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. (4) “For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” (5) For not even His brothers were believing in Him.
Were Jesus’ brothers being sarcastic? Or were they secretly goading Him on, wishing something more sinister (John 5:18; 7:25)? I don’t know, although Jesus being Divine did (John 2:24-25). So what wonderful, insightful, lesson am I going to make out of this text? Sorry, but I’m not. I am sure I disappointed you. But that is life, much like our families. Deal with it. We don’t always get what we want from life or our families, whether Dad, Mom, brother, sister, or the in-laws we marry into. Sometimes families are great – I keep telling my children how wonderful their father is. And in fact, I adore my wife’s mother-in-law. But some people aren’t lucky or blessed. So my point is that if even Jesus had family problems, who am I to think I won’t, or shouldn’t? As I said, the only problem with family is that they are family, and that’s a problem I share with Jesus.
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