'One thing you lack'
I'm mixing up the readings here - sorry. We're now in the book of Deuteronomy, but I found an entry from Numbers that I never posted. So I'm combining an old reading with a new reading. Still behind, but not giving up!
Numbers 35
Atonement can only be made by blood. Thank you for Blood of Jesus, Lord. Nothing else could’ve saved me.
Mark 10
‘One thing you lack.’ What did the rich man lack? He lacked complete trust in Jesus. He trusted in his riches more than anything else. Vs 29-30 say that when you give up your possessions, you’ll receive a hundred times as much in this present age. So Jesus wasn’t against his being wealthy. He was against his trusting in his riches above all else.
Vs 52: ‘Go,’ Jesus said, ‘Your faith has healed you.’ Immediately, he received his sight. He received it immediately after Jesus said he’d been healed. So you can be healed without an instant physical manifestation. All the more reason to believe even when we haven’t seen.
The blind man’s faith (which Jesus said healed him) reminds me of the faith of the 4 men with a paralytic friend. Jesus saw that the blind man had faith. And it’s interesting that it’s his faith that healed him. Nothing else. Help me to strengthen my faith in every area, Lord!!!
Deut 7-12
These chapters are humbling. A reminder that we exist and we triumph because of God’s mercies, not because we’re ‘all that.’
God is like any other good father: not wanting us to be spoilt. Going to great lengths to ensure that we aren’t. Allowing us to go through situations that will tell us who we really are and what we really have in our hearts.
He gives us challenges that he knows are much bigger than we are ... because he doesn’t expect us to overcome them alone. He expects us to look to him and walk through them will him.
Mark 11
My interest in faith has been revived through this year’s readings. In addition to all that faith is, it’s also about speaking things into being, believing what we have spoken, and keeping our hearts pure (forgiving others) that we might receive. There’s someone I need to forgive today. I forgive this person today and my actions in this person’s presence will show it from tomorrow.
Numbers 35
Atonement can only be made by blood. Thank you for Blood of Jesus, Lord. Nothing else could’ve saved me.
Mark 10
‘One thing you lack.’ What did the rich man lack? He lacked complete trust in Jesus. He trusted in his riches more than anything else. Vs 29-30 say that when you give up your possessions, you’ll receive a hundred times as much in this present age. So Jesus wasn’t against his being wealthy. He was against his trusting in his riches above all else.
Vs 52: ‘Go,’ Jesus said, ‘Your faith has healed you.’ Immediately, he received his sight. He received it immediately after Jesus said he’d been healed. So you can be healed without an instant physical manifestation. All the more reason to believe even when we haven’t seen.
The blind man’s faith (which Jesus said healed him) reminds me of the faith of the 4 men with a paralytic friend. Jesus saw that the blind man had faith. And it’s interesting that it’s his faith that healed him. Nothing else. Help me to strengthen my faith in every area, Lord!!!
Deut 7-12
These chapters are humbling. A reminder that we exist and we triumph because of God’s mercies, not because we’re ‘all that.’
God is like any other good father: not wanting us to be spoilt. Going to great lengths to ensure that we aren’t. Allowing us to go through situations that will tell us who we really are and what we really have in our hearts.
He gives us challenges that he knows are much bigger than we are ... because he doesn’t expect us to overcome them alone. He expects us to look to him and walk through them will him.
Mark 11
My interest in faith has been revived through this year’s readings. In addition to all that faith is, it’s also about speaking things into being, believing what we have spoken, and keeping our hearts pure (forgiving others) that we might receive. There’s someone I need to forgive today. I forgive this person today and my actions in this person’s presence will show it from tomorrow.
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