November 28, 2022

Confrontation

would Jesus have gone out of His way to confront a person

one of those lost sheep, gone astray and spreading untruth

He did go out of His way to find a person and teach them

the women at the well of Sychar could tell us all about that

how He travelled through Israel searching for His lost sheep

Nicodemus, after his night visit, could also tell us about that

how He patiently corrected a man who should have known

Jesus would not have taken the trouble to find confrontation

or look high and low for people on whom to vent His wrath

such is hardly in keeping with what is said of His character

not at all like One who went silent as a sheep to slaughter

not at all like One who did not raise His voice in the street

loving relentlessly, answering confrontation as it found Him

searching high and low, far and wide to save His lost sheep