It's good to see some friends on here reading with us! Here is today's reading. Click "comments" link below the post the reply to the post and let us know your thoughts. One thing I'm really enjoying in the daily readings is having a Psalm or a Proverb to read each day. Reading straight through a book like Psalms or Proverbs makes the text almost undigestable (because of HOW MUCH stuff is in there!!). It's nice to take the day's Proverb or Psalm and just chew on it for the entire day. I would even recommend reading, then revisiting it again later. As we meditate on the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit can really do some amazing stuff in us. I hope you all have a great day!
Old Testament Reading: Exodus 21; Exodus 22
New Testament Reading: Mark 2:18-27; Mark 3:1-30
Proverbs Reading: Proverbs 5:1-14
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Interesting thing about Mark 2:23:28. Jesus is ALWAYS indirectly asserting His Lord/Kingship. He is always very clever and vague though, as his time has not yet come to be handed over and crucified for our sins (at least where we're at in this story in Mark). Here's the story from today...Jesus and his disciples walk through a field, and glean some food on the Sabbath which would have been considered unlawful for any good Jew, as the Sabbath is the day of rest. Jesus defense of his practice is that David and his companions, when they were hungry, went to the temple and ate the consecrated bread that was only lawful for the priests to eat...Why is this significant, and how is this an assertion by Jesus of his King-ship? In the story of David, at the time when he and his companions came to the temple, he was running from King Saul who was searching for him to murder him. King Saul was angry that David had been anointed king by Samuel (1 Samuel 16), and wanted to kill him to keep this from happening. The priests of the Temple considered David their true king (we can infer) - they protected him, and fed him and his followers the sacred bread that only the priests were supposed to have (1 Samuel 21:1-6). David was already declared king by God (1 Samuel 16), but he was running for his life, with only people who also considered him king to protect him (the priests of the temple). Back to today's passage, Jesus is in essence saying, by comparing himself to King David, "I am the true King, God has anointed me - your current king and system is not really the ruler - I AM". In our day, Jesus is still the true King. Our allegiance is to be to him alone in a culture that is going the opposite way of His ends and goals. That is a big challenge to me today as I think about this passage. There is so much of my life that I am painfully aware is not under his Lordship...and in a culture that promotes a system that rewards "SELF", the only real way to know if Jesus is King of your life is by the conviction and leading of Holy Spirit, the words of God found in the Scriptures, and our Christian community. What a challenge for us who claim Jesus as our King. I'm thinking to myself today...How can I declare Him King of my heart by my actions THIS day, and every day.
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