There is too much darkness in all of us and God wants to change this. He wants to shine his light in our hearts. The problem is that we resist this process. Worse still, we then fail to recognise that we are resisting God. Our resistance shows itself in those situations when someone confronts us with our faults and we often respond defensively. It is often in these times that God is at work bringing our faults to light. The Pharisees thought they were righteous when in fact they were highly resistant to God. Jesus wanted them to know that their scrupulous religiosity was disguising the fact that their hearts were far from God (verses 37-54). But they didn’t want to face this. Because of this they remained in darkness. Never reject people or spurn situations because they challenge you or make you feel uncomfortable. God often puts us in situations that push on the infected areas in our character. He does this because he wants to heal us. If, however, we self-righteously reject the people and spurn those situations, we will only drive that infection deeper into our hearts. Life with God is a life of continual transformation. This means the most important experiences are not those in which you are right, but those in which you see how you are wrong. Resisting these experiences amounts to resisting God. A humble person is like soft clay in God’s hands that is shaped into a beautiful vessel.
Ask God to show you where you have gone wrong lately.
Read Luke 11:29-54
