1/15/2006

Matthew 15 – The blind leading the blind

Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit. – Matt 15:14 (ESV)

This is a sobering reminder to be enlightened by the Lord and not our own intellectual devices, not matter how cool they may be. Here are the Pharisees: people who have died for what they thought was right, but they are dead wrong when it comes to the type of tradition they are trying to enforce. We get off on tangents; we hear some alarming or intriguing idea; we like the way a person says something because it is new and fresh. What we miss is that we may be blinded from the truth. Our worship becomes some man exalting farce that is anything but close to the heart of God. Oh Lord, help us to be true to you and you alone!