CROWN HIM LORD OF ALL
Mark 11:1-11
It was clear from the first that Jesus was a king. He had the royal lineage, the kingly power in helping people, kingly authority over evil, kingly graciousness with the people, wisdom in teaching, the innate sense of authority over his enemies. It was as a king that he hung upon the Cross, rose again out of death, and went back through the blue to his throne. And some day he is coming back to reign over the earth.
FOR US
Hebrews 2:1-10
The suffering of Jesus is distinctive in itself; quite apart from any other suffering. It was purely voluntary: the coming down here as he did,” the lowly life he led, the suffering of spirit through his life, and the great climax —the Cross. It was all done of his own free accord for us. He took our place and took what belonged to us. This reveals the real love and meaning of Jesus’ suffering.
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
THE GOSPEL OF ISAIAH
Isaiah 53:1-12
The 53d of Isaiah is the gospel in miniature. Jesus’ human touch, his warm sympathy with us in our common experiences, the realness of his suffering both in life and in death, his patient steadiness in spite of cruel misunderstanding—especially of why he died, that it was for us, out of love—all this is told hundreds of years beforehand. And there’s the gospel’s glad sequel yet to come—its triumph through all the earth.
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
GOD’S MEMORY
Zechariah 13:1-9
God never forgets. He couldn’t. His love prevents it. Through the long wait of the centuries, and the terrible, unending tragedy of sin, he clings to his purpose. The cry of his heart over the world’s need, and the ring of his insistent purpose to meet it, trail through the pages of the Book like the low sob of minor music out of a heart breaking with grief, yet holding steady in its inflexible purpose.
PRACTICAL IDEALISM
Mark 10:46-52
Jesus was a practical idealist. He had ideals, high ideals, the highest. He insisted upon them. Yet at every turn he was so simply, warmly practical. He was in the hurting-grip of his purpose to go to the Cross, yet he stopped at the cry of need. The whole world was filling his vision, yet the plea of a despised beggar stopped him. Only the Jesus-touch makes practical idealists, with broad vision and practical touch.
