"Look, there" or "Look, here"!

Luke 17:22-23                                (ESV)
"22 And HE said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the SON of Man, and you will not see it.
23 And they will say to you, 'Look, there!' or 'Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them."


It is revealing to me that "this world" continues looking for someone (ANYONE) to be the person who will save us from the sin and injustices of society (whatever they THINK those are) when the only ONE capable of solving the equation came to earth over 2,000 years ago, and paid our ransom. Yet we continue to search?  JESUS said there would come a day when people would run from one "solution" to another, always thinking that the next one was the thing that would satisfy or sooth their needs.

With all due respect to the aforementioned, there will never be a leader who fulfills the wishes of everyone.  We are Spiritual beings (Genesis 1:27) and the Spirit manage our bodies (1 Corinthians 6:19).  But JESUS said you can't have dual managers (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13), you have to choose ONE or the other!  The enemy wants us to believe THE CHOICE doesn't have to be made just right now, that we have plenty of time to make that decision!  I'm sure there were over 3,000 souls that thought there would be a September 12, 2001 too!

There has only been ONE perfect man, and HE was crucified for my sins!  Yes, it's MY FAULT that JESUS was brutally crucified on Calvary.  But it wasn't JUST my sin, it was the sins of all mankind (1 John 2:2) that nailed my JESUS to that tree.  It is as if we ALL are guilty of crimes, but some of us plead guilty and accept a "plea agreement", and some of us elect to go to trial and trust the jury system.  However, this jury only has ONE JUROR worthy to sit in judgement, and HIS name is YAHWEH, GOD ALMIGHTY!

The answer to the answers facing "this world" today was, and remains, found in the GOD MAN, JESUS CHRIST!  Although we continue to say "Look, there!" or "Look, here", our need for social justice, political justice, or economic justice etc... will never be found until we LOOK to a HIGHER BEING.  Colossians 3:2 states "Set your minds on THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE, not on things that are on earth".  We need to stop "Look, there!" or "Look, here" and look to JESUS for our answers!!!