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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
For Your Understanding
Later, Jesus was away from the people. The twelve apostles
and Jesus' other followers asked him about the stories. Jesus
said, "Only you can know the secret truth about the kingdom
of God. But to those other people I tell everything by using
stories.
-- Mark 4:10-11 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Why would Jesus conceal his message from outsiders? First, they can't
understand it properly. If his disciples have a hard time understanding
Jesus, then how would those who don't share their passion for the work
of God ever understand it? Second, Jesus is redefining his followers'
understanding about the Kingdom of God. His terms and ideas would be
distorted and misused by others. Third, he is entrusting his message to
them, his chosen followers, to share the message with others later in
their ministry when he is gone. Not every message is appropriate to
share with everyone. Certain times are more appropriate for sharing
some information than other times. In addition, special messengers have
to be trained to share the truth before it is shared. So we ask God to
give us the sense of time and message to be useful servants for his
kingdom.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, please give me wisdom in knowing when to speak and when to be
silent. I want to share your message in the proper way, at the proper
time, to the proper people. Give me patience so that I can keep my
mouth shut when silence is needed. Give me courage to speak when the
time is right to speak. May the words of my mouth and the meditations
of my heart be pleasing to you and a blessing to others. In Jesus' name
I pray. Amen.
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