In Luke 19 we find a peculiar story about Jesus. He is crying. He's weeping over Jerusalem. Here's what provokes the tears and the sorrow: "If [only] you had known . . . the things that make for your peace!" Jesus is broken because Jerusalem resisted Him, not perceiving His arrival as the means of their peace.

I wonder how often Jesus weeps over our situations. He gives us a command or asks us to make personal adjustments, but, sadly, we resistance His word because we don't perceive it rightly. When He commands obedience all we see is the sacrifice. All we see is the pain in laying down this relationship or getting rid of that music. We
don't see that if only we would obey it would lead to our peace. If only we'd not resist Him, we'd find even our deepest desires satisfied in His presence.

How blinded we must be to resist Jesus. And how surprised Jesus must be to find us resisting Him. The very ones He's approaching to give peace are the very ones running and hiding from Him. Today, may we not be like Jerusalem who missed their moment of visitation. May we not misunderstand what Jesus' word and presence produces. It
does not produce bondage, but great freedom. It doesn't cause pain, but life and life more abundantly. Say, "Yes,"
today, and find in Him the great comfort of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

-Micah