Mark 3:6 “Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodian’s against Him, how they might destroy Him.”
Dear God,
You are the Almighty God, Holy, Pure, Just, All loving, Righteous, All Creative and Powerful, and yet You still bother with me on earth. We on earth are to my mind, like unthinking worms, wallowing in dirt and blindness, and for the most part, content with being in this condition, with some people never desiring to come out of the darkness, into Your liberating light.
Please forgive me, if I have attitudes of being content with being in the darkness. Show me my needs and be my strength to leave the oppression of Satan’s dark familiar world, filled with selfishness and wrong doing. Be my strength, so that I do not have to be supreme in my sphere, with the need to have my own way, as well as having the last say. Also take away any fear of stepping out and doing things differently and being content with the ‘status quo’.
Today in the power of the Spirit, I will be buoyed up and strengthened, as I again take courage, in 2 Peter 1: 7 “For God has not given a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. “ It is not surprising that You God give us the gifts of power, love and a sound mind, for You are all loving and compassionate and know our needs better than we ourselves do. I think also, that You did not want us fearful in any circumstance, for You are our support and answer to fear. To rely on You, and go tell others or demonstrate about Your love, is also tied up with the gifts of power, love and a sound mind, that is offered to us, so we need not fear what others think and will do to us, when doing anything for You or in Your name.
As I think about Jesus and the hostile reception He received from the priests, I wonder at it. For they had witnessed a scope of activities, such as had never been seen before, which were obviously for the good of humanity; for their ‘flock’ or temple members.
They essentially did not care that the sick and suffering were being relieved of their sicknesses and being demon possessed. Instead they accused Jesus of using the devils power and not that of His Father God, to do all His miraculous deeds. Then with the devils thoughts in their minds, they went out to plot His death, all the time not perceiving their own lack and needs spiritually, and who actually put their divisive and murderous thoughts in their minds, and whom they actually followed. For it could not be You, for all through the scriptures, You have said, ‘do not murder another person’ and demonstrated a loving, forbearing and long suffering character.
In Your discernment and strength, God, I determine to follow only You and not the false shepherds Satan will put in my pathway.
Amen