POWER

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Most people don’t really understand power with a capital P.  And if they do think about it, the P also stands for Plus.  For they understand what it can do for them much more readily than what it can do to them.  Without even trying to study the ins and outs of what it would be like to have complete control, most people think it would really be a great idea - who could ask for anything more?   But power can and does corrupt, and  too many people, if they get it,  abuse it.  Far too few realize power is a tremendous and frightening challenge.

            Jesus understood. 

It is why in a sense He told the devil to go back to hell and stop wasting His time trying to tempt Him.  There they were on top of a mountain, Jesus and the Devil.  And Satan swept his devilish hand around as if to encompass the whole world, “Jesus,” and I paraphrase his remarks, “think it through, wouldn’t it be better to choose a throne room rather than an upper room?  You don’t really want to ride some day into Jerusalem on a donkey when you should really be riding in as a ruler on a horse.”   

Indeed, it could have been a heady ride into Jerusalem that day by this Son of God. 

But Jesus understood. 

Understood that that mountain-time with the Devil was a power-play-offer of earthly wealth and not an offer of that which “…neither rust nor moth can destroy…or thieves break through and steal… (Matt 6:20)   But Jesus refused.  Knew that He would be  trading grandeur for grim.

And so the Son of Man and the Son of God...knowing his destiny...moved forward to fulfill that destiny.

    The devil visits our days on a regular basis...offering pride and power...and it behooves all of us to think on the dangers of not being able to handle that which can make other people jump.

 
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