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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Condemning Eyes
Some Jews there were watching Jesus closely. They were
waiting to see if he would heal the man on a Sabbath day.
They wanted to see Jesus do something wrong so that they
could accuse him.
-- Mark 3:2 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
The opposites of Jesus' compassionate eyes (see Mark 3:1 and the
devotional from yesterday) were the condemning and critical eyes of
Jesus' opponents. Jesus' opponents were looking to use the occasion of
this man's healing on the Sabbath to be the basis of their arrest and
condemnation of Jesus. In other words, the man's humanity was
forgotten; he was no more than a prop for the opponents of Jesus to use
in their drama of anti-Jesus hatred. If we are honest with ourselves,
we'll recognize that we can get so caught up in justifying, defending,
and protecting our religious faith that we become blind to the needs of
those around us for God's grace. Truth is then abandoned in the name of
preservation. God forbid that it should ever be so in us!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, please don't let me ever become so focused on my religious
self-preservation that I forget my search for your truth and abandon
the character of your Son. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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