URC Daily Devotion 29th April 2019

You are probably wondering where we are going and what does a Texan named Bunny have to do with Jesus teaching in the Temple, well it’s like this: the first thing that endeared Bunny and her YouTube channels to me was the fact that she NEVER swears and she finds cool words to express her emotions. One of these words is “Sassy”, if you don’t know what sassy is, the dictionary definition is: “lively, bold, and full of spirit, cheeky”.  

Now when I read this passage where Jesus is basically calling the Pharisees out, in my mind I imagine him being very sassy, he has had enough of the Pharisees being all letter of the Law but not genuine followers and he isn’t going to take their nonsense. The Pharisees realise that Jesus’ sassiness has basically backed them into a corner and they won’t win either way so they fake an answer which also bites them because Jesus responds with more sassiness and tells them he won’t answer their question.

Growing up being cheeky was not an attribute that was praised in my family, but sometimes, you have to be sassy because it is the only way to diffuse situations that are heading towards conflict, I am aware that this can aggravate a situation, but sometimes it’s worth taking the risk. As church, I think we sometimes get ourselves worked into knots and conflict when if someone had taken the risk and been sassy the situation may never have become so tense. So I dare you, be Sassy.