John 11:47-52  “What do we do now?” They asked. “This man keeps on doing things, creating God-signs. If we let him go on, pretty soon everyone will be believing in him and the Romans will come and remove what little power and privilege we still have.”

Then one of them -it was Caiaphas, the designated Chief Priest that year – spoke up, “Don’t you know anything? Can’t you see that it’s to our advantage that one man dies for the people rather than the whole nation be destroyed?” He didn’t say this of his own accord, but as Chief Priest that year he unwittingly prophesied that Jesus was about to die sacrificially for the nation, and not only for the nation but so that all God’s exile-scattered children might be gathered together into one people.

Doesn’t it blow your mind how we can so perversely twist what is Good? The ruling leaders want to kill this man who is healing people in order to ‘save the people.’ And yet, God faithfully works this blatant perversion of Good for Good. As of lately, I am just completely in awe of His Love for us and the miracles He is performing every moment- using the evils we let rule us transform us into Glory. He is never giving up on us – I would have thrown the towel in on myself years ago, and yet he faithfully and with grace and mercy, corrects me and leads me back to Life, back to Him. We are so unworthy; He knows this and so He came to make a way. We are loved. Lord, let us rest in this beautiful Truth.