Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 / Matthew 21:23-27
Whenever it comes to making a decision, it is usually more convenient to just sit on the fence.
And that might usually mean that we want someone of authority to make that decision.
So that whatever the outcome of that decision may be, we won't have to bear any responsibility or accountability.
In the gospel, Jesus was questioned by the chief priests and elders about His authority.
In doing so, the chief priests and elders may have inadvertently recognized the authority of Jesus.
And yet when Jesus asked them about the authority of John the Baptist, they chose to sit on the fence when they replied with "We do not know."
Nothing weakens authority so much as in sitting on the fence when a decision has to be made; besides that, sitting on the fence can be quite painful.
We may think that we are not people of authority and so this won't be our problem.
But being a people of faith, we have to make decisions when it comes to issues regarding faith and morals.
Faith that sits on the fence is not faith at all. Jesus did not sit on the fence, and neither should we.
Jesus made the decision to save us. May we make decisions that will proclaim Jesus as our Saviour.