People Suck

If you really stop and think about it, people suck. I’m not talking about specific people or any particular individuals. I’m talking about all people. You know, mankind.

People have been sucking since the beginning of time. Adam and Eve, living in a beautiful garden with every one of their needs satisfied, still decided to disobey God and eat of the forbidden fruit. That sucked for everybody. In Noah’s day, people sucked so much, that God decided to destroy all of them, except Noah’s family. And Noah’s family began sucking as soon as they got off the ark. (Read Genesis 9:18–27: Noah got drunk and one of his sons started disrespecting him.) People then sucked again in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18:16 – 19:29). Even God’s chosen people—those He led out of bondage in Egypt—sucked so much that he thought about striking them down (Exodus 32:1–14). Don’t even get me stared with that one.

People sucking isn’t just an Old Testament phenomenon. When Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem, humbly riding on a donkey, people shouted, “Hosanna,” and proclaimed his kingdom (Mark 11:1–10). Not long after that, those same people shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” (Mark 15:1–15) They sucked! Later, after Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, after the apostles went out among nations, Paul began forming churches all over the place—but he had to write letter after letter to these wayward churches about their behavior (read 1 Corinthians through 2 Thessalonians). People were sucking all over the New Testament. And people still suck today.

And because I know that people suck, I realize that I’m probably the chief sucker. Although as a Christian, I try my best to lead a God-centered life, sometimes my thoughts, actions, and deeds can be the worst. The Bible acknowledges that even a righteous man will sometimes fall. So what does it all mean? Is all hope for mankind lost? Absolutely not. I am extremely humbled by Philippians 2:5–11. Jesus realized that people sucked from Day One. Yet, that didn’t stop Him from coming down here to save us. Even when people were sucking horribly while He hung from the cross dying, he looked on us with compassion and love.

I am so glad that Jesus still loves us in spite of the fact that we suck! What are your thoughts? Leave a comment!