At the moment whenever I take the dog out she goes mad over butterflies. Chasing and leaping after them yet with no hope at all of catching them, however I was surprised to see that when she came across one which was injured and lying on the path, she did absolutely nothing, in fact I think she was a bit afraid of it.

I was thinking of this when I read about Jesus's trip to the synagogue, the jewish leaders had been hoping and praying for a Messiah for hundreds of years and I cannot imagine how they felt when Jesus read to them the words of Isaiah and announced that he had arrived, that the waiting was over. Far from rejoicing they too were afraid and ran him out of town.

We pray and worship and constantly claim to wish for a better relatiuonship with God but I wonder if he appeared right now what would be our reaction?

 

"Jesus rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.All the people in the synagogue had their eyes fixed on him as he said to them,"This passage of scripture has come true today as you heard it being read." Luke 4 vs 20-21