Being Rickulous

When our daughter was a little girl, she and I loved to wrestle.  We devised a way to manage the size and strength inequity.  Whenever she wanted to, Amanda could push my nose.  And whenever she did that I would immediately collapse into a faint and she would celebrate her victory over the giant.  She recently revealed that, even at age seven, she believed it actually worked. Mark 6:1-6 is among the most frightening passages in the Bible.  Jesus traveled back to His hometown.  The people around whom He grew up totally shut Him down.  They neutralized Him.  They pushed in his nose. We can do that to God?  Yes.  Regardless of our age, we can neutralize the potency of Christ in our lives.  It’s not because we are so powerful.  It’s because we are so willful, and God has chosen to not supersede our free will.  It’s good news, really, because it means in our freedom we can choose companionship with Christ.  It also means we can render Christ impotent in our lives. How about this?  “And because of their faith, He could do anything he wanted among them.  And He was amazed at the willingness to trust Him.” I hope you and I can work on rewriting how this story plays out in our lives.