ABC Easy as 1,2,3
Do you remember the Jackson Five? “ABC, … It’s as easy as 1,2,3 … ABC, Baby you and me!” I’m not sure that these words qualify as great song writing but I still remember the tune. I also remember the point of the song: Love. But most of us know that love really isn’t as easy as 1,2,3. Painfully, many of us have had trouble with the ABC’s of love.
I think that Jesus believed that the ABC’s of his message in Luke 12 were as easy as 1, 2, 3. But his listeners didn’t seem to catch on. In the midst of Jesus’ ABC’s which were focused on a reverent fear of God and a true, public faith in him, a man asks Jesus to settle a dispute about money! This man seemed deaf to Jesus’ tune. Apparently it is not as easy as 1,2,3. Are you deaf?