Read: John 12
My Key Verse: John 12:42-43 "Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved praise from men more than praise from God."
My Reflections: This may be for me the saddest verse in all the bible. (I equate this right up there with the young man offered a spot with the 12 but who rejected it for earthly wealth.) They had seen the signs...they had seen him in action...they believed he was who he claimed to be... But they threw away their eternal life with Jesus because, "they loved praise from men more than praise from God."
My Prayer: O God, may this never EVER be said about me. Please bring me to my knees, completely desperate for your approval. Send me back in to the fight again and again, battered, exhausted, wounded but undefeated, all to come back to you and hear, "Well done." I pray that as I seek to open new doors for your Spirit to work through, as I offer all that I am to be a simple tool in your hand, please never let me give one moment of heed to any voice that is different from yours. Help me always recognize what you are saying to me, and then to courageously step out in faith. Let me never be impressed by anyone in this world, except that they model for me what true dedication to you is.
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