When You Have Had Enough…What do I do?

This week, we are celebrating Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  Some would call it Holy Week, I reflect on an event just before Jesus gives his life for the sins of the whole world.  This happens just after He rides into Jerusalem.  He went to the temple and he witnessed people buying and selling items at tables.  It angered him and he had enough. He goes and turns over the tables and repeats Isaiah 56:7 My house will be called a house of prayer. 

Jesus had a passion for the fathers will. This part of Jesus’ story tells me a few things.  We should be very passionate about God’s word.  We have to know God’s word and spend quality time with Him in order to be passionate about what he is saying..  It’s hard to be passionate about something when you don’t know what God has said.  

Another point I draw from this story is that it’s alright to be angry and to show righteous indignation.  It’s  acceptable to show emotion.  So many times we have been told as men that we should not cry, we are men. Don’t be a Sissy.   Jesus cried, and he showed emotion.  Jesus was not a Sissy, and he was not a punk either.  

There is an old saying, If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything.  We have to have a standard as men.  Our standard should come from the Word of God.  We set the standard in our home, our vocation, our community.  Sometimes the standard has to be set, and maybe needs to be communicated in a different way.  As we set or reestablish the standard, we have to ask God how to go about it so we are effective.  

Don’t forget when times become difficult, and depending on the severity of the situation that fasting and prayer may need to be utilized in order to get the best outcomes.  

Can you share a moment in which you got fed up, and had to set or reestablish the standard, either at home, your vocation, or community?  How did you feel? How was it received? If you had to do it all over again, how would you do it differently?

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