You're Not the Problem for Seeing the Problem
The World Hates Those Who See the Truth - But Jesus Calls You to Pursue It Anyway
You are not the problem for noticing that there is a problem. The problem is all around us. Lies, wickedness, confusion. This world is in trouble.
But to those who choose willful blindness, and who refuse to see what must change, you will always be the problem.
Why? Because discernment and clarity take effort.
Many would rather assume everything is right than confront what is wrong in an effort to make it right. So when you point out what is broken, they will accuse you of being divisive. They will say you are disturbing the peace. They will suggest you are the source of tension, because acknowledging the real issue would require them to confront it.
And they just can’t confront it. It makes them uncomfortable. It brings back uncomfortable memories. Confronting what is wrong might cause other people to dislike them and just thought of that alone terrifies them. Comfort feels safer than correction. Quiet feels safer than the truth. Unity feels better than accountability.
And for that reason, blindness is their strategy of survival.
These people exist everywhere. The highest echelons of power in Washington, in church pews, homes, boardrooms, and in groups of friends. It would be a mistake to believe that just because somebody holds a position of authority that they have the courage to do what is right.
Overtime, less people are willing to openly pursue the truth because truth tellers often pay a price. The willfully ignorant can be brutal toward those who expose what they would rather ignore.
And as time passes, fewer people fail to pursue the truth because they don’t have the courage to be alone - they need to be with people. And so, they exchange the truth for the crowd.
Jesus Christ isn’t it just somebody who told the truth, he IS the Truth.
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:14
Few there be.
You are not the problem because you noticed the problem with yourself, with your fallen condition, and with the world around you. Desperately pursue the Truth at all costs. And when you do find Him, you will never be alone again.
…I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:20
