Jesus' Answer for Troubled Hearts
Robert Dawson
John 14:1-3
A couple of years ago there was an acronym, VUCA, making the rounds in managerial circles. It was first introduced by the U.S. Army War College. VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It is the perfect storm of circumstances of life that sometimes hits companies, individuals, families, and churches. It's what happens when you face a string of complicated and ever-changing ''unknown unknowns.'' Or as an article in the Harvard Business Review put it, VUCA is a catchall phrase for ''Hey, it's crazy out there!'' [Nathan Bennett and G. James Lemoine, ''What VUCA Really Means for You,'' Harvard Business Review (January-February 2014)]
When things get crazy our hearts have a way of becoming troubled. That's where the disciples were. Their hearts were troubled because Jesus told them, not necessarily in these terms, that things were about to get a little crazy.
- He just told them that one of them was going to betray Him.
- For some time, Jesus had been talking about suffering and death.
- Now, He reimagines and reinterprets the Passover Meal. He talks about His body as the bread being broken and the wine as His blood.
- This kind language, to say the least, was unnerving to the disciples. They did not have the advantage of having the full story in front of them like we do.
- Jesus has just told them His departure is near. Is He taking a trip? Is He going to die? They did not really know. All they knew was the one to whom they had given their lives for the last 3½ years and pinned their future hopes to said he was leaving them.
- They must have been a little disconcerting.
- Their whole world and their future hopes were crumbling.
- To top it all off, Jesus just told Peter, one of the big 3, that he would deny Jesus three times before the night was over.
Their hearts were troubled.
- We know what that is like. We know what a troubled heart feels like.
- Lif ...
Robert Dawson
John 14:1-3
A couple of years ago there was an acronym, VUCA, making the rounds in managerial circles. It was first introduced by the U.S. Army War College. VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It is the perfect storm of circumstances of life that sometimes hits companies, individuals, families, and churches. It's what happens when you face a string of complicated and ever-changing ''unknown unknowns.'' Or as an article in the Harvard Business Review put it, VUCA is a catchall phrase for ''Hey, it's crazy out there!'' [Nathan Bennett and G. James Lemoine, ''What VUCA Really Means for You,'' Harvard Business Review (January-February 2014)]
When things get crazy our hearts have a way of becoming troubled. That's where the disciples were. Their hearts were troubled because Jesus told them, not necessarily in these terms, that things were about to get a little crazy.
- He just told them that one of them was going to betray Him.
- For some time, Jesus had been talking about suffering and death.
- Now, He reimagines and reinterprets the Passover Meal. He talks about His body as the bread being broken and the wine as His blood.
- This kind language, to say the least, was unnerving to the disciples. They did not have the advantage of having the full story in front of them like we do.
- Jesus has just told them His departure is near. Is He taking a trip? Is He going to die? They did not really know. All they knew was the one to whom they had given their lives for the last 3½ years and pinned their future hopes to said he was leaving them.
- They must have been a little disconcerting.
- Their whole world and their future hopes were crumbling.
- To top it all off, Jesus just told Peter, one of the big 3, that he would deny Jesus three times before the night was over.
Their hearts were troubled.
- We know what that is like. We know what a troubled heart feels like.
- Lif ...
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