Friday 22 March
Read Luke 19:11–48
Think
Lk 19:11-27 – Three servants receive three amounts of money
while a noble man goes away to become king.
When he returns the servants have managed their gifts differently
according to the amount they were given and according to their opinion of the
master. The first took great risk and it
bore a return; he entrusted himself to the master. The last was afraid and didn’t invest at all.
Following Jesus into Jerusalem is not for the faint hearted. Are you willing to risk it all for the
Kingdom of God?
Lk 19:28-40 – We celebrate this procession on Palm Sunday,
Jesus and his disciples march in to Jerusalem where Jesus should be anointed
King.
Lk 19:41-44 – Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. They should have made him King but he knew
they wouldn’t – Jesus knows that this rejection will inevitably lead to
Jerusalem’s destruction.
Lk 19:45-48 – ‘My house shall be a house of prayer; but you
have made it a den of robbers.’ Jeesus is quoting from Jer 7:11. The temple has become a place where criminals
attempt to hide from the consequence of their actions.
Pray
Pray for the grace to let Jesus be king.
