What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’“‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. When I was planning our fall trip to New England I had images of red and golden leaves against clear, blue skies. When we got there, that is not what I saw. Instead of clear skies we had days of mostly just plain, white, cloudy skies. It didn’t rain very much, just skies full of clouds. Images of colorful autumn trees against white skies were not the images that I wanted to take. What I did see when I looked away from the sky were cinnamon ferns. These ferns are not like the ferns I see in my mountains. They are taller, waist high, and turn this beautiful golden color in fall. They weren’t what I expected to see but I am so glad that I got to see them in the fall.
The Pharisees had a vision of the Messiah. They expected to see an earthly king who would conquer their foes and set up Jerusalem as a great city. Jesus did not fit their expectations of Messiah and so they missed seeing the Messiah they had hoped for. I don’t want to be like the Pharisees and miss Jesus by replacing my expectations of what I want in a Messiah with who Jesus is. I don’t want to miss seeing beautiful things because I am looking only for what I expected. I want to see the images that Jesus has for me to see and they will be so much more beautiful than anything I expected. Prayer Lord Jesus Replace our expectations with yours. Open our eyes to see the beautiful things you want to show us. Amen
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