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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, July 7, 2022
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :From the Lips of Children Bible Verse:Matthew 21:14-17 (ESV) "And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?” And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there." Message:
Jesus is now healing openly, right in the Temple in front of the Sanhedrin and their lackeys. He is not telling the people he heals to keep it secret. We remember in his early days, during his ministry period, when he would flee crowds and often try to put a damper on his fame. But his hour had not come, then; now, it has. He is “headed for home,” as baseball fans say. The curtain has risen for Act III. The time has come for his sacrifice, and his behavior reflects the hour.
So he sets up shop at the Temple and begins to heal the lame and blind. What would one expect the reaction to be? Any human being would say, “What a wonderful thing!” He is taking his time and effort to allow people who cannot see, to see again. His making their bodies whole may be symbolic in part; for he will much more importantly make our souls to live and see with our inner being. But even the outward manifestation of his grace is kind, loving, and wonderful.
Jesus heals leper - Rennaissance
Jesus reached out his hand
and touched the man.
And what is the reaction of the high priests? They are indignant! It shows just how twisted they have become, how filled with jealousy and pride and vanity. Instead of feeling joy that people with afflictions are freed of them, they are angry at Jesus for displaying the power of God. And not, mind you, because they themselves were going to heal these unfortunates.
So we see another dimension of Christ's saying, “unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:1-4) For the reaction of a child, an innocent, is unvarnished praise for such wonderful miracles.
Jesus spends considerable time in all of the Gospels criticizing the various groups that comprise the religious establishment. But never does any of the evangelists make them look worse, with less effort, than Matthew does in this short passage.
Meditation : Prayer : Oh Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your apostles, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you”; I pray that I and your whole church, the body of all faithful people, will know your peace, and live in harmony and unity, one with another, in accordance with your wishes. This I pray to you, who lives and reigns forever......Amen |
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