There's a fork in the road of our lives -- one path leads to chaos, and one leads to order and peace. We keep deluding ourselves, thinking that the one to chaos is more attractive, so we choose that path because the devil dresses it up and promises us all the pleasures of life. Here in the synagogue, the demon is crying out, disrupting order.
Jesus comes to bring order. It's the path he promises will lead to life. He doesn't promise that it's easy, and he talks about humility and suffering as part of that path. It doesn't lead to destruction, so there's that.
Demons recognize the authority of Jesus. We often try and ignore it, slinking around it, trying to find an easy way out. But there is no easy way out. There aren't any shortcuts. It's a choice that we make, day by day -- what kind of people do we want to be in the long run, what kind of character do we want to build, what do we want our eternal souls to aim for? If it's order and peace, then may we do the work of discipleship, day by day, choose the road of humility, and practice selflessness in every human interaction.
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