November 14, 2006
With Your Best Interests in Mind
My sister once had an older man in her life who liked to be in control. Exasperated with his semi-feminist girlfriend he once told her, “If you’d just do what I tell you to do, you’d be happy!” There are times we’re all guilty of thinking we know what’s best for another. At the Transfiguration Peter was in such awe with what he was witnessing that he said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (Matt 17:4 NIV) I just love the fact that we have a fisherman offering to build a shelter for the Carpenter!
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Gail;
----How cute! I think the reason we have so many fishermen trying to build shelters for carpenters is because there is a grain of truth in the fact that at times one does know what is best for another. Obviously, that is why we have laws, evangelists, and the counsel of good friends. Call me a bit chovanist if you wish, I might agree, but a godly man does have something to say in his relationship with his wife. At least Ephesians 5 insinuates some degree of directional responsibility upon the man's shoulders. But that responsibility is for his wife's good, not his own. And the counsel of friends, the message of the evangelist, and the cover of the law are always for the good of the counselee, to the eternal benefit of the lost, and for the security of the citizen. It is too often lost that what scant knowledge we have about what is best for another is actually for the best of the other, not for the advantage of the self.
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