Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013   James and John Make a Request &

A Blind Man's Sight Was Restored

Page 206-207         Matthew 20:20-28, 29b-30; Mark 10:35-45   Luke 18:35-43

Jesus has been teaching his disciples about the principles of leadership from a Kingdom of God, servant-leader perspective. They still didn’t understand, as evidenced by James and John jockeying for position. Just in case we are tempted to shake our heads at James and John and chastise them for being so crass, our text for today includes the story of Jesus healing the blind man.

The blind man called out, “Lord, Son of David,” a reverent Messianic title for Jesus. How did the crowd respond? The crowd told him to ‘Shut Up!’, but Jesus responded, “What do you want me to do for you?” The Gospel is asking us to choose which camp we will join: Jesus’ camp of servants (The sign over the camp says, “Lord, Son of David”), or will we campout with the crowd? (The sign over this camp says, ‘Shut Up!’) Whenever I am prone to put my needs, convenience, or desires ahead of others, I am shouting to the world that I am camping out with the “Shut Ups.”

We all have blind spots in our lives, places where we are still caught up in self-centeredness. (In prayer, you can ask God to show you your blind spots.) The blind man believed Jesus was the Messiah; that’s why he called out to Jesus as Son of David. He knew Jesus could heal his condition. Jesus affirmed his faith and the man left his blindness behind him as he followed Jesus to Jerusalem. We can do the same!

Sē’lah

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What word or phrase in today’s reading attracts your attention?

Reflect on that word or phrase.

What insights come to you?

How does this passage touch your life today?

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  In addition to this BLOG they are distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription

The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ

(Seed Sowers Christian Book Publishing House. http://www.seedsowers.com/)

Thursday, February 28, 2013       My Meeting with Zacchaeus

Page 207      Mark 10:46a; Luke 19:1-10