Why do you call Me good?

Today's post is a nice little video for a friend of mine. That friend prayed that God would open her eyes and open her ears and transform her life.

Jesus asked why do you call Me good? (Mark 10)

Great question! Why? Why do we call Jesus good?

One response is to declare who Christ is; but that was not the response Jesus got when He posed the question. Frankly today many of us would botch any attempt at answering this question. Why? Because our understanding is distorted - our wisdom is broken - we are blind to our own limits - even our sense of good and evil is off.

After asking the question Jesus illustrated our misunderstanding of the word good, our misconception of who we are and our overestimation of ourselves. Jesus showed us that our ways are not God's ways, our understanding is distorted, our good is not God's Good.

This video is interesting. Some will dismiss it. Some will think about it. Some will cry over it. Some tears will be of joy at the goodness of humanity; other tears will be tears of repentance. Some will see Christ's truth and it will convict.

We often pray for eyes that see and ears that hear. Be careful what you pray for ... God just might give it to you; it will totally shake your life.

Be blessed my friend.

Mark 10:17-22 "Now as Jesus was starting out on His way, someone ran up to Him, fell on his knees, and said, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’” The man said to Him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.” As Jesus looked at him, He felt Love for him and said, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

This is one of the hardest stories Mark tells us.