Status Quo, or Jesus's Best?

Scripture:

Matthew 26:1-5 (ESV)

When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”

Devotional:

Jesus had to go.  The Pharisees and chief priests wanted Jesus out of the picture for good.  After all He was changing everything.  Jesus challenged them to their very core.  Status quo had changed and Jesus was to blame.  By getting rid of Him they could go back to the way it was.  They wouldn’t have to give up any power or make any life changes.

Do you feel that way sometimes?  What challenges you?  What is it that you might be fighting against?  We tend to like the way things are.  We might have power, prestige, money that we don’t want to give up.  Maybe we have something special we just love.  Maybe it is our way of life.  Whatever it is we like it.  Then all of a sudden Jesus comes along and threatens it all.  So we think…

For years we lived in Senoia.  We had a house I loved.  After all I designed an addition, it had a great private yard.  To me it was almost perfect.  I couldn’t even think about moving.  All of a sudden out of nowhere we are moving.  Long story short I had my view of what was best.  I didn’t want to change.  God wasn’t going to force a change on me, or my family.  In fact over the years He graced us and blessed us in our home.  However, when it was decided to move I found something better. 

God has what is best in store for each of us.  It is when we are stuck where we are that we miss out.  Jesus comes along and we shout out that He must go.  I like it the way it is.  It is perfect, so I thought.  We have a choice to make.  We can accept what Jesus has to offer or keep things status quo.  We can settle for what we think is best.  The other option is to accept Jesus’s best for us.

The chief priests thought Jesus had to go.  They crucified him.  What will you do?