A couple of weeks ago I was at my son Will's K-5 graduation. It was a proud moment for me as a dad. I don't know if I was more proud of him graduating or of him not picking his nose while on stage. Will has a history of doing embarassing things at big events. Like the time he laid down and started spinning while on stage at his aunt Sarah's wedding, or the time he was crawling up the steps during a children's Christmas production. So, I held my breath while he walked across to get his diploma in case he decided to slap the principal on the butt. After the ceremony there was a mad rush to retrieve children and make it to the stage to take pictures. As I battled through the crowd, pushing and shoving older men and women on my way to parental glory, a man was going in the opposite direction and said, "It's probably safer to go in the opposite direction". He probably didn't mean to but that man said something very profound.
In life we may think the best, safest way is to go the way of the crowd. Spare me for a moment while I give my paragraph speech about "going against the flow". All of Jesus' teachings are based around the thought that the way of the crowd is wrong. It may be easy to go in the same direction as everyone else (have sex, drink, do drugs, get in debt, get divorced) but it certainly isn't the safest way. Jesus was different, his teachings were different and if we want to attain true abundant life we must live different. The safest way is against the flow
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