Just try to fill a cookie jar with small children in the house. Well, maybe we can fill it, but to keep it filled? Those little round morsels will disappear like a snow cone on a hot summer afternoon.
Now, that’s not a bad thing. It’s why we bake them up, after all. The only real problem is when we get to the last one.
Picture this: two kids; one cookie. Two hungry kids; one solitary cookie. Are we seeing it?
It’s cookie crunch time. One hand reaches, the other tries to intercept, and before anyone can take a bite, the cookie is broken. Crunched. In two pieces.
What is to be done? How do we decide to divvy up the remains?
Oh, that we had the wisdom of God. In Acts 10:34, Peter says that God shows no partiality. What do we do? We become frustrated and try to decide which hand broke the cookie. What we need to see is that once the cookie is broken, it doesn’t matter anymore. The cookie cannot be put back together again. We have to divvy it up like it is.
The Jews were too busy arguing over who broke the cookie to notice the cookie still in front of them. John 9:17-34 reveals the interrogation of the blind man Jesus healed. Rather than accept the cookie, they called him out for his words, claiming him as a liar, and even searched out his parents to verify his boasts.
What they should have done was eat the cookie.
Galatians 3:19 tells us the law was added because of transgressions until the Son should come to fulfill the promises of God.
Roman 8:28-30 assures us that all things work together for those who love God.
John 14:9 is from the mouth of Jesus. “Do you not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”
The blind man responded, “The man who healed me is a prophet.” He trusted in the cookie, and he didn’t hesitate to eat it right up.
How would the wisdom of God handle that broken cookie lying on our countertop? It’s so simple. Ask who grabbed it first, and then let the other child have first choice at the broken bits. If they continue to argue and fight, then find someone else to give the cookie to.
God tried to give the Jews first choice, but they couldn’t stop bickering enough to see Jesus as the sweetest of delicacies. Instead, they broke him, and rather than see the truth, they fell into a brawl on the kitchen floor.
Then God offered his Son to the rest of us. That was the luckiest day in the world for the rest of humanity.
When God offers us Jesus, we should take him up on the offer. It’s the best one we’ll ever receive.
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