Thursday, June 05, 2008

Lesser Matters

Mark 14:4 KJV
And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

It struck me today that while the Pharisees were plotting to kill the Lord and Judas was planning to betray the Lord, the disciples were busy getting upset over a petty piece of money.

The disciples may have thought they were justified in their indignation. They may have seen this as a righteous bit of business. But in the scheme of things, considering the weight of what was on Jesus' shoulders, it was trivial and paltry. So too, we are prone to have our minds occupied upon things of little worth. Those things we think have such matter and importance
Matters of money
Matters of politics
Matters of business
Matters of commerce
Matters of justice

Are mostly wasted matters in contrast to matters of eternity and matters of the spirit.

It was true that they did not yet know what Judas was thinking or what the Pharisees would do to the Lord. They were occupied upon the temporal because they could not see the eternal contest that was about to begin. But even that is just like our case. We argue over these lesser matters because we are not capable of seeing the greater ones. And that might be the exact reason we ought not let ourselves get caught in that trap. Our minds and spirits must be purposely freed from earthly matters so we are available to witness the eternal ones when they do show themselves. And we never know when they will so we must be available at all times, which means unencumbered with the trivial things at all times.

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