To avoid an untimely collision with the Jewish leaders, Jesus stayed in Galilee. However, Jesus' brothers wanted him to show off at the Feast of the Tabernacles and be a public figure. They did not believe in Jesus because their worldly desires blinded them. What we expect from or ask of Jesus shows what we really think about Jesus. When we seek worldly glory or benefit from Jesus, we cannot know him and God's will for us.

Jesus lived to glorify God. So, he was not swayed by the demands or expectations of the people and waited on God's time to go to Jerusalem. When he sensed God's time for him, he went to Jerusalem to do the will of God. Jesus did not compromise with the world. Instead, he exposed its evil, and he was hated and persecuted by the world. If we don't follow the popular way of the world but seek God's way and follow his schedule to do his work, we may look like nobodies in the world. We may be hated or persecuted by the world, but let's remain faithful and seek to please God like Jesus.


Application: Lord, I repent that I was more sensitive to the demands and words of people than your will and your way. Help me to follow Jesus' example to please you.
One Word: Not worldly way, but God's way