Children Sitting in the Market

Dear brethren,
Today's readings:

Jonah; Matthew 11

Mat 11:16 — Mat 11:17 (KJV)
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

Talk about being hard to please! And at times even we as adults succumb to tantrums like children.
Jesus went on to speaking specifically of what he was talking about in vv. 18,19.
So what then? Should we pander to the wants and bow down to the tantrums of people?
God forbid! Yet this was and is still happening in the denominational world at large.
Where people, as how Paul nails it in 2Ti 4:3, "after their own lusts, shall heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears". Don't like what the bible teaches? Find someone who will "interpret" it or even change it to our liking! Is it any wonder why there are thousands of denominations today?
At the end of the day, as Jesus said, "wisdom is justified of her children" - whatever that Jesus and John taught can be backed up by the Word, by miracles! And the standard of the Word remains today and will indeed be the final yardstick (Jhn 12:48).
But even as professed children of God, let us not be haughty and careless to lapse into childish behavior and reaction when the Word ruffles our feathers, but instead be childlike in the sense of being pure and ready to learn, without guile and prejudice, and bear fruit in the true wisdom of God.


PS: interestingly, perhaps by design of the originator of this Bible reading plan (!), we read of Jonah who is really one major baby when it comes to obeying God's Word! Let us not be like Jonah who thinks he knows better than God, but stay humble and teacheable, even when it goes against our grain.