Grains of Sand

Google Images It’s just a little piece of trivia. As we read of deeper, more “spiritual” details, we can easily skip right over it. But John 7 highlights a problem that shouldn’t exist. The trouble is, in a broken world what shouldn’t be, often is. Jesus went up to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles in secret. But that secret visit didn’t remain so for long since His intention was to appear in the Temple to share His message—the message that the religious leaders wanted to kill him over (7:1). But quite apart from the battle between Jesus and the religious elite found in this passage, is the undercurrent of fear among the general population. People talked about Jesus wherever He went. They had opinions—pro and con (7:12, 13). But they voiced those opinions in whispers and behind closed doors. “ ...no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews ” (7:13). As I read this I was reminded about another incident in John 9 where Jesus healed a blind man. The man whos...