Matthew 26:1-16
Dear RTB’ers,
Today we begin Passion Week: Then the chief priests and the elders of the people … plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him. Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and … from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray Him. (vv. 3-4,14,16)
A solemn week ahead… How timely to be reading it during Lent.
Blessings.
See also: November 12 (2023) / John 12:20-50; Matthew 26:1-16; Mark 14:1-11; Luke 22:1-6.
We are now basically half-way through Lent. So, how is it going for you? How are you doing with whatever disciplines you might have decided upon? (I have been failing miserably!) Or how about any self-examination? Is the Lord showing you anything that needs attention? Is there anything that you are perhaps afraid to look at or that maybe you are even refusing to look at?
I don’t ask such questions simply to make us all feel guilty, as if I think we are supposed to just wallow around in the mire of our shortcomings. Rather, I hope that in seeing where we might be off course, we can recognize the need to turn around and go the right way. I also hope we don’t try to go it alone. We need the Lord. He doesn’t only show us the way. He is the Way.
So let’s make the most of the next few weeks of Lent. Let’s continue to examine ourselves in prayer and fasting. Let’s seek the Lord, mindful of His Passion. Let’s discover the full deliverance that He longs to give us. Let’s find the Way, the Truth, and the Life.