“The
Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them
a sign from heaven.
He replied, “When
evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and
in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You
know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the
signs of the times.”
Matthew 16:1-3
As I was driving my
son to work this morning he noticed the dramatic sunrise and commented: “It won’t
be a good day to be a sailor.”
His comment was
based on the old weather forecasting adage:
“Red sky at morning,
sailor take warning.
Red sky at night,
sailors delight.”
The lesson being
that the red, orange, yellow and purple sunrise may be beautiful but it means a
difficult or changeable weather day ahead.
Jesus, speaking to
the religious rulers and teachers of Israel, rebuked them for being able to
predict the weather by the signs in the sky but failing to know the signs of
the times.
If you are going to
capitalize on your time on the earth what you need to do is see the big picture
and accurately understand the signs of the times!
A great businessman
is one who sees a need for a product or service and fills that need.
A great teacher is
one who understands well what the student needs to learn and is able to
communicate it in a way that helps his student grasp it.
A true disciple of
Jesus Christ is one who understands well the signs of the times.
They understand well
the days in which they are living and capitalize on them for the sake of the
Kingdom of God.
When you look at the
“spiritual sky”, what do you see?
How do you interpret
what is happening in the political, natural and economic spheres?
Many people are
impacted by the events of the day only in the natural realm.
They fail to see and
understand the signs of the times in which we live.
The ‘sign from
heaven’ the Pharisees and Sadducees needed to understand was the ‘signs of the
times’ in which they lived.
So, I’ll ask it
again:
When you look at the
“spiritual sky”, what do you see?
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