In the end...

When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. But passing through their midst, he went away. Luke 4:28-30 (ESV) Can you imagine being filled with wrath towards Jesus? What did He do to spur this response? All He did was speak the truth. Does truth always cause people to get angry? If it challenges your lifestyle, if you have eloquently spoken about the lies you believe as truth, or if your pride is wounded, you might react with anger. Yet the wise realize that truth stands alone, apart from our feelings or ideas, and can even go against the majority opinion. The truth is what we evaluate our lives upon, not the other factors. It is a good idea to start each day acknowledging that God is God and I am Dave. It is good to acknowledge that there is truth, and that my life needs to be evaluated by that, not by my peers. In the end, I stand alone before God with Christ as my only advocate. If I stand with no regrets, it will be because I sought the truth and lived according to it. For now, the choice is mine.