have come to give peace on earth?

Thursday, October 25, 2012 Weekday

First Reading: Psalm: Gospel: Ephesians 3:14-21 Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 Luke 12:49-53

Luke 12:51 Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division;

I think this may be one of the most overlooked verses in the Bible.  Today, in this Post-Modern generation, we are pressured into not ever being confrontational.  We must agree with the collective.  Resistance is futile.
Well, Jesus says he came to bring division.  He wants us to stand up for truth and to be willing to fight and even die to defend the truth.  This is a fight that is coming to us today.  We need to be ready or we will be silently doped and put away.  We can't allow ourselves to be pressured into accepting lies and agendas of the enemy.

Father, help me by the power of your Holy Spirit to see and defend truth with all my strength and resolve.  
Amen