John 7:49

“The masses are an ignorant and lawless bunch—,” declare the leaders. “They are cursed through and through!” John 7:49 EFP 

 

I am not sure the religious leaders intend to make the statement they made. Perhaps they do, but only as an insult aimed at anyone who would dare give Jesus any attention or recognition. Ignorant. Lawless. Cursed. 

I don’t know about you, but that pretty much describes my condition without God. I am certainly ignorant about what it takes to be truly alive. As a result my life becomes a pursuit of passing pleasures, vanishing dreams, vanity and folly, deluded into thinking these things will lead to fulfillment. I am lawless since God’s law only seems to get in the way of my chasing of the wind. I live for myself. I am my own law, until I fall victim of my own lawless devising. What is the end result? I am cursed, lost, crushed, and languishing in the rubble of my life of pointless pursuits. I am then in the condition that makes me a candidate for citizenship in the Kingdom of Grace. 

The Savior is my only hope. I am cursed as a result of my attempt to find joy and fulfillment without God. But the power of God is made complete in my floundering condition. In him I become more than a conqueror! (Romans 8:37)