NOTES for Luk 11:29-33
29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. |
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. |
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. |
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. |
33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. |
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We are blind and deaf. God is near us and addresses us, but we do not hear. Most often He speaks to us through those close to us, but most often we not only do not listen to them, we do not even want to hear them. Our heart has turned to stone; it has forgotten how to see and hear; it closes itself when the Lord stands at its door and knocks.
Of course, it is easier to live with a closed heart. It hurts less; nothing wounds, grieves, or touches us. But God does not break down closed doors, and without understanding what we are doing, when we close ourselves out of fear of pain, we deprive ourselves of joy and light.
The season of Lent is a time when it is easier to change something. Alone it is harder; in Lent it is easier, because the whole Church is walking the path of repentance and change. Perhaps for some of us this Lent will become the time when we can open the doors of our heart and throw them wide open before God.
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