The lesson is clear, but so frightening that we can easily miss it: it is possible for a human person – for me, to thwart God’s purpose for my life.
We can, by abusing our freedom through self-indulgence and arrogance, shut out God’s grace from our lives.
When we live focused on our feelings, our petty desires, and our whims, we blind ourselves to God’s will (which always demands self-mastery and self-sacrifice) and frustrate his glorious plan and beautiful hopes for us.
The scariest part of this lesson, however, isn’t merely the fact of this possibility; it’s the fact that the Pharisees, who had fallen into just such a state, truly thought they were doing the right thing by rejecting John and Jesus. They were so full of self-importance that they were literally blinded to the truth. May God save us from such a tragedy.
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