THE DAY
Psalms 2:1-12
Some day man’s opportunity will have had full run. God’s patience will have endured the tangle of earth to the full for man’s sake. Then the King will rise up from his seat. He will step into action anew on the earth. He will put an end to the control of evil, clean up the earth, right the wrong, and heal the broken-hearted. We hasten the glad day by being true now to the King.
Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
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 JESUS POISE
Mark 12:35-44
The heart should join with the mind in holding the reins of the life. They ought to drive abreast, not tandem. Then lips and purse and life will ring true, and ring together. Not the heart without the head; not the head without the heart; each balancing the other: all the powers working in unison. This reveals the Jesus touch, and gives the Jesus poise. But it’s possible really, practically, only as Jesus is in control.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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 BAD IS WEAKER
Mak 12:13-17; Mark 12:28-34
Satan is no match for God. Bad can’t hold its own against good in an even contest. No opposition can stand up against Jesus. It is only God’s patience with men that makes evil seem so powerful in the present contest. God is determined that men shall have fullest opportunity. His patience is beyond words. Ours should be. Jesus, in control in our lives, will hold his own and more against all ridicule and opposition that we meet.
SELFISHNESS IS SUICIDAL
Mark 12:1-12
The Jews rejected Jesus, the Son of God and their own and the world’s rightful King. And so they rejected their opportunity to be the world’s first nation. “They left him”; utterly, severely, they left him. And so he was forced to leave them. That’s always the order. If ever God leaves a man it is only long after the man has left God. Sin is suicidal. Selfishness nails its own coffin. Rejection of Jesus is self-rejection.
KINGLY KINDNESS
Psalms 45:1-11
Graciousness is the characteristic kingly trait. Yet true graciousness never compromises on the right. Jesus was “full of grace and truth.” Not grace without truth; that is a weak sentimentality. Not truth without grace; that is hard and repellant. Truth is grace holding up the highest standard and insisting on its being reached. Grace is truth reaching down a strong arm and helping you attain the standard. Jesus was full of both. This is his kingliness.
