16th May 2011

John 18:12-14 – Jesus taken to Annas

• “ Think Fast ”
• Jesus is bound and taken away.
• The most powerful man on earth is powerless to choose where He goes.
• Things change instantly.
• One minute He is in the garden and able to do anything, call down angels or His disciples to protect Him – but instead His chooses God’s will.
• Immediately He is bound.
• I notice this because sometimes the minute we choose to do God’s will things change . . . sometimes for the worst.
• At least it seems that way.
• It is as though once we fully commit to God we sometimes get take on a path very quickly.
• Sometimes we have to think fast.
• Things are thrown at us quickly and we have to remember that it is not that things are getting out of control…
• It is simply that God taking us seriously when we said “yes”.
• In these times I have to think fast and remember it is God who is allowing me to be bound and powerless. Sometimes it is His will.
• Sometimes God remembers what we so often forget.
• He remembers when we said “yes” long after we prayed to prayer.
• Thinking fast and quickly calling to mind those moments has helped me when things turn bad and allowed me to stay the course, because eventually they always turn very good again.
• Today I will pray for a good memory.