In the Bible, we see that God we know has a pattern of disrupting the lives and activities of sinful people. He disrupted Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden after they sinned in Genesis 3:1-4. He quarantined Noah and his family in the Ark and then disrupted the world by sending a universal flood in Genesis 3:1-24. He confused the language of those building the Tower of Babel, disrupting them and scattering them geographically. He disrupted Egypt by sending them severe plagues, the destroyed the nation in Exodus 5:1-14. There are many more.
God’s greatest disruption so far happened when He sent His own Son into a hostile world, into Satan’s hostile kingdom of darkness, to be the light of the world and go provide salvation to those enslaved by sin in John 1:5-9, 3:19-21, Galatians 51. Jesus declared “I am the light of the world, he who follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” -John 8:12.
When Jesus shared His divine viewpoint with others, on several occasions disruptions happened because of Him (John 7:43, 9:16, 10:19). As a result of His teachings we learn that many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him (John 6:66).
Jesus said Luke 12:51 “Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.” When Jesus told His apostles to go into the world, they obeyed His words and became men who upset the world (Acts 17:6). Followers are called to “be diligent to preserve unity of the Spirit in the bond if peace.” but never at the price of God’s will or at the price of His truth.
We need to be the lights of the world, and this means learning God’s Word and interjecting His truth in daily discussions and activities. We are not supposed to be neutral. I love what Jesus tells us in Luke 10:5. “Into whatever house you enter, first say, peace be on this house. If the son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him, but if not, it will return to you.”
Those of us who walk with God, and can teach His Word will disrupt Satan’s plan in the world. There will be people who do not want to hear the truth. In Luke 9:5 Jesus tells us, “As many as font receive you, when you depart from the city, shake off even the dust from your feet for testimony against them.” To me this means don’t let their not listening to you affect my faith in God.
In the end, God will cause more disruptions when He removes true followers of Jesus. The great judgments upon the earth will happen, the seven seals torn. The final judgment will come.
There will be no further disruptions in our eternal state. Until then I will praise God for His disruptions.
From Pity to Praise 