Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me follow You wherever You lead me today. …
“As (Jesus) rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. As He was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying, ‘Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!’” (Luke 19:36-38)
The multitudes praised You for Your deeds of power. But they couldn’t see that the source of Your deeds was the power of Your love. And when the day would come when You were no longer moving the power they praised, their praises of “Bless him as a king!” would soon turn to “Crucify him like a thief!” (v. 23:21) You saw their true hearts hidden from their own eyes, as You wept over them, crying out to them: “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes…. you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God” (v. 19:42-44). Yet You loved them still, and continued Your journey to the cross.
The deeds of Your power came out of the heart of Your love. And You were willing to die a shameful death for souls everyone of them—for those who would praise, for those who would judge you, and for those who would do both, depending on the pressure of their peers and the mood of the crowd. They didn’t have eyes to see that You were never for powerful than when You willing chose to be crucified in weakness. And the greatest deed of power was the power of Your love. “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13).
I praise You, Lord Jesus, for all Your deeds of power in my life—for saving me, for healing me, for freeing me, for changing me. And I praise You for the power of Your love displayed in every deed of Your power—especially the deed of Your power over two thousand years ago when You willingly chose to lay down Your life for me on a cross. Let me not be swayed by the crowds or intimidated by my peers to turn away and deny Your love. Let me be found faithful to You, forever praising You for Your faithfulness to me. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
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