“(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John. But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)“

Luke 7:29-30 NIV

God has a purpose, an intention, a design with an end in mind. How sad it is to miss that purpose!

The religious leaders, who rejected Jesus, rejected God’s purpose for themselves. They were wrapped up in their personal power and prestige. Instead of repenting, or turning from their prideful, selfish ways, they fought against the purpose God had for them. The rejected God…

However those who were the outcast and the sinners, were the ones who turned from their own ways. They “acknowledged that God’s way was right.”

We have the same choice in our lives today. God has set before us the choice to come to repent from following our own sinful ways, “acknowledge God’s way is right,” and to follow Him or to continue living however we want to live after ourselves, not God…

We were created to know God and to make Him known. That is our purpose. May His purpose be our highest aim!