Learning to interpret the times

Some of us are prone to allow our religion to do our thinking for us.
Jesus expects otherwise...
We must learn to interpret the times.
We must learn to decide for ourselves.
We must be aware of those who have a bone to pick with us, to settle our differences promptly.

In his words:

“When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?
“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way..." Luke 12:54-57

Jesus expects us to rightly interpret the times we live in.
He expects us to judge for ourselves what is right.
He expects us to reconcile with those against us before their complaint lands us in jail.
He expects that we can sort out the confusion of letters and words and bias and grudges. He expects that we will resolve the tinder box issues of our time - immigration, abortion, violence, gun control, tribalism, drug addiction, the widening gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots, the loss of opportunity experienced by poor people.......