Mock
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him. 28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head. 31 After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him. Matthew 27:27-31
The first question I have is how did you feel after reading this passage? If you are a very visual person and need to see something to feel, then you might not have felt anything or felt very little. However, if words can paint a picture for you, then you might be able to feel the pain and suffering that He felt during this period. I know that as we walk throughout our day, we see and hear things all day long whether it be on the news, the internet or in person. The question is, how do we feel when we see or hear these things. Our society has become very numb to the world around us, and many times if we encounter a situation where someone is being mocked, it just doesn't impact us like it did in the past because it really isn't happening to us. I challenge you to look at things differently, to view mocking in a different manner and see how you can make a difference. I know that we can easily fall into the mocking of someone else, if another person is doing that. It is just human nature to follow along, or really it is the enemy telling us we should. I wonder if some Roman guards felt differently then what they were directed to do, and they just piled on with the insults and beatings because they didn't want to show weakness or had something to prove. We need to remember that God commanded us to love one another, he didn't command us to mock one another. I hope we all can make a difference in someone else's life like Jesus has made in so many.
Have a great weekend.
Matt
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