daily java

Daily Java:

“To what can I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked. “How can I describe them? They are like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends, ‘We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t weep.’ For John the Baptist didn’t spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it. (Luke 7:31-37)

Some people are never happy, no matter what you do or how hard you try to satisfy them.

Almost any idea you have or any program you start, they find a fault with. Any new direction you go, they do not like. And they are also irritated that you are doing the same things over and over. Why don’t we try something new, they say.

Finally, it dawns on you that they just do not like anything. Above all, they do not like themselves and they are not real fond of the Lord, either.

What they like is complaining.

The people to whom Jesus is speaking didn’t like the asceticism of John the Baptizer. He was too strict for them. Jesus came and they didn’t like the fact that he had a good time at parties and hung around with people.

In other words, they just didn’t like anything. And if you had given them the task of formulating the kingdom of heaven, they would have argued in committees for years and never got anything accomplished.

So what is the answer? Just do what God sent you to do anyway.

There are people that are going to complain no matter what you do. the music is too loud, you can barely hear the music. The preaching is too long, it is too short. There are too many scriptures, there aren’t enough scriptures. The prayers are too long, they are too short. You do too much for people, you don’t do enough.

After a while, it dawns on you that people are never satisfied. And that is the result of not really having a relationship with Jesus. Instead, they have a relationship with themselves. When the relationship is with yourself, you are never satisfied, because that relationship is not satisfying. It can’t be.

The only way to be happy is through Jesus. When your relationship is with him, it will not matter how loud the music, how long the sermon or prayers. What will matter is that you are serving him and not yourself.

And you will be happy.