“Toot-toot-TOOOOOOT-toot.” My kids had gotten noisemakers in
Junior Church service and were having a “blast” on the way home. They especially enjoyed the type that
unfurled in each other’s faces. To retain our sanity we had to confiscate the
noisemakers. It seems the one making the
noise had a great time, but the recipients of said din didn’t share in said
annoyance.
As adults, we can find people that talk only about themselves
and their accomplishments just as annoying. Certainly we can share in the joy
others have when something exciting happens in their lives. Sometimes we are
like little kids showing off something new.
But the truly annoying horn tooting comes from those that do so
repeatedly. They try to bolster their
self-esteem by doing so.
I worked as an auto body repairman and that world is full of
egos. Blatant self-promotional horn-tooting
ran amuck. Nobody put much credibility
into it. However, on the rare occasion that a bodyman complimented another
bodyman, it really meant something.
In this passage, the Pharisees were accusing Jesus of tooting
His own horn, which destroyed His credibility in their minds. Jesus went on to
show them that He did, in fact, have the credibility they required. He did not
simply toot His own horn for self-promotion. He had God the Father on His side. He was
teaching truths about Himself and God.
The thought God is pressing on my mind today is to be careful
to give God His proper place in my life.
“The Pharisees
therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not
true.” John 8:13.
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