Blame
Moses and Aaron deliver
God’s message to Pharaoh, to let his people go. As a result Pharaoh increases
the workload of the Israelites, who in return blame Moses and Aaron for this
injustice. Moses then complains to God, claiming that instead of rescuing his
people, he has brought trouble on them.
In Job 22 Eliphaz continues
accusations that Job has committed many sins, without any other evidence than
Job’s present suffering. His advice to submit to God may seem sound in itself;
however it is based on incorrect assumptions and therefore it is doing Job
injustice.
The woman with the
haemorrhage in Luke’s Gospel had been ceremonially unclean for twelve years.
She must have been physically very weak but it is possible that her ongoing
ceremonial uncleanliness was also a real source of grief for her. In Leviticus
15:25-30 we read that anything a woman in her situation lay or sat on would
become ceremonially unclean and that anyone who touched these items would
become unclean as well requiring ceremonial cleansing. She must have been
terrified when Jesus asked who had touched him.
The reason, however, why
Jesus calls her is not to blame but instead he wants to give her his blessing.
Thank you Jesus that you
bless us and that through you we are free from blame. Help us to be like you,
blessing, not blaming. Amen.
(homegroup member)