Today's passage is about the Pharisees asking Jesus for a sign. They want him to prove to them that he is who he says through something earth shattering and unusual.
The people he has healed are not enough. The truth of his message is not enough. His miracles are not enough. I have to wonder - what would have been enough for them? Destroying the Romans who were occupying Israel? Exalting the Pharisees to the right hand of God? What? What would it have taken?
Sometimes I want a 'bigger' sign. Sometimes watching the sun rise or the seasons change is not enough. I want tongues and miracles and healings and spiritual drunkenness and the ability to see angels. I want something spectacular and surreal.
But that's not the point of our God. The point is not to want these things. The point is to want him. To want him and love him above all else. The 'special' signs are not bad or evil, but they're not distributed so that people can 'know for sure' that God is who he says he is. They are distributed so that those who know him and love him completely and above all else can experience him anew.
I think God revealed himself to us this weekend. I think he poured out his spirit on our retreat and spoke to the hearts and minds of the youth that were there, whether or not they even realized it was happening.
God will meet us where we are. We just need to come wanting to meet him, not wanting some dramatic experience to make us feel special. We're already special! We're bought and paid for and that's about the most dramatic thing you can imagine!
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