An Equation Never To Forget

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Reading: Mark 12:18-27

Reflection: Math has never been one of my best subjects. I'm not sure if it's because I have a hard time with the actual subject, or that I just don't like the work and therefore have a hard time focusing long-term on any single equation. However, this passage has an equation that even I can understand. In fact, it's an equation that seems to always "add up." Here is that equation: Don't know the scriptures + Don't know the power of God = Being tragically wrong in life. This is the actual equation Jesus uses with the Sadducees concerning the issue of the resurrection. Now, we could get into the details of what the Sadducees believed and why it was wrong, but the point for me is the equation and what it means to me. If I want to ensure that I don't "get it wrong" in either what I think or what I do, then I need to make sure that I know the scriptures while at the same time understanding the power of God. If I know these two things, and allow them to guide my thinking and acting, I will never find myself "badly mistaken."