Word for the Day: Vindication

The readings for the day have one word in common: Vindication.


Isaiah channels God and tells Israel, 


If you would hearken to my commandments,
your prosperity would be like a river,
and your vindication like the waves of the sea


And Jesus tells his disciples:


For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said,
"He is possessed by a demon."
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said,
"Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'
But wisdom is vindicated by her works."


I guess these things have to be said because hearkening to God's commandments is hard to do (especially, in Isaiah's context where God seems to have abandoned his people) and playing the role of John the Baptist or eating with tax collectors and sinners makes one look crazy or like a glutton or drunkard. So you have to hold on to the thought (and these words) that in the end, God will vindicate you.