And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea. Luke 4:42-44 (ESV)
There is a plan. Jesus knew the plan and was to keep the plan regardless of the people’s desire.
It is possible that Satan uses the response of the people to hinder the plan of God. It is possible to be seeing a great response, as Jesus was, and to think that because the response is spectacular, it must be God’s will that we continue.
God’s will has to do with God and His will, not necessarily the response of the people. Those who walk with Him and minister to the people must be in tune with God’s plan, and not allow it to be messed with by human manipulation.
Jesus was doing what was right. The crowd was doing what they thought was logical. Sometimes the two do not mix.
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