Jesus was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were planning to kill Him.
We learn that it's wisdom to expose yourself to danger. Jesus knew God more than us and yet He didn't claim the promise foolishly declaring no weapon fashioned against Him shall prevail. In the same way we must not expose ourselves to danger unnecessarily.
The feast was near and His brothers told Him to go to Judea that the disciples may see the works He was doing.
They said He can't be famous hiding Himself as He did but He should show Himself to the world.
We see the attitude of the world is to seek fame but Jesus said no. He didn't come to seek honour from men.
Are you seeking to be a famous Christian? Are you seeking honour for yourself? Abstain from such.
Jesus brothers did not believe Him and this was not the last case.
He told them that they can do whatever they want anytime but His time had not yet come for Him to go.
We learn something about God's timing and Jesus sensitivity to it. As Ecclesiastis 3 says, there is a time and a season for every activity under the earth.
Whatever the Lord wants you to do, there is a timeframe for it? For every season there is a place where you need to be. Jesus did not miss Gods timing because of peer pressure or the pressure of His blood brothers.
We can also follow Jesus here; to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and not act according to the pressure of our relatives or our circumstances.
Are you able to recognise different times and seasons in your life and also enter into them? You can start now; ask God to make you sensitive.
The world cannot hate Jesus brothers but it hated Jesus because Jesus testified that it's deeds are evil. The way Jesus lived was a testimony the the deeds of worldly people were evil. This is the reason that there is a great pressure for true believers to compromise; but Jesus didn't compromise. He stood up and God was with Him.
He told His brothers to go to the feast; He wouldn't go for His time to go had not yet come. After His brothers went, He also went, not publicly but in secret.
Jesus was also waiting to hear from the Father on when to go; while He was talking to His brothers, He hadn't heard a go ahead. It was after He was left alone that He heard His Father telling Him to go secretly.
We must learn to have the sensitivity of God's voice. This doesn't come naturally but we have to practice it more more more. Practice makes perfect.
Why did God not allow Jesus to go that journey with His brothers? Because He didn't want Him to go listening to all the gossip His brothers talked about.
He wanted to walk alone so the He would walk in communion with His Father. Talking to God and listening to Him.
God wanted Him to be alone with Him.
Do you seek time to be alone with God?
God is always desiring that you be alone with Him. Take your time to be alone with Him.
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