Thursday, March 26, 2020
About My
Father’s Business:
A Lenten Devotional Guide
“Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going
to be delivered into the hands of men.” But they did not understand what this
meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were
afraid to ask him about it.
Luke 9:44-45 NIV
Sometimes I
think about how I would have responded to Jesus had I been among the people of
that day. Would I have recognized him as the Messiah or would I have been
skeptical? Would I have understood that his Father’s business was not to set up
an earthly kingdom but one for eternity?
I think it’s
kind of funny that the disciples were afraid to ask him what he meant by his
statement in this verse. Yet in the next passage we see them arguing about who
would be the greatest in his kingdom. I find it ironic that they might ponder
their own greatness when they couldn’t even figure out his parables or his
directions to them.
Lest I get
too critical of these men, I think about my own position with regard to the
future. The Scriptures hold lots of information about the Second Coming and the
end of the age. But suppose Jesus comes again in a way that is not what I am
anticipating? Will I be surprised? Will I recognize him? Will I be ready for
him? Will I have done the Father’s work adequately so that others are prepared?
Father,
Help us to be humble. Help us to do your business and to be ready for whatever
the future holds. Amen
About My Father’s Business:
A
Lenten Devotional Guide
by Patience Fort
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