Lenten Readings: John 11

Lenten Readings: The two-year Bible reading plan puts the Gospel accounts of Luke and John right between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Whether you're doing the reading plan or not, you can follow along on the blog and read daily meditations based on the accounts of Jesus, whose life and death we remember and cherish during this season of Lent. Check back every day starting on February 14 and until Easter Saturday.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018
READ John 11
MEDITATE on John 11:33, "When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled." What does this verse teach us about Jesus? Why would he be "greatly troubled"?

REFLECT
That Jesus was deeply moved in his spirit, this shows us that Jesus was compassionate and loving. His love was demonstrated through his acts of mercy, but here is something beyond his actions and teaching. We get a sense of his emotional turmoil. He felt the sadness and pain that hits him when people he loved were in trouble. We experience that today.

My friends in Austin are experiencing turmoil. Package bombs have gone off throughout the city and they do not know when the next one will blow up. It's like something from a movie or TV show, except it's real life. I'm praying for Austin and the people there. I'm praying for a resolution.

Jesus knows what we experience as human beings. And because of his great love for us, Jesus wept along with his friends, and then he did the one act that could take away all their tears of sadness. He defeated death, sin and its curse through his sacrifice on the cross.

If you are in trouble, Jesus knows what you need. Turn to Jesus.

PRAY

Pray in gratefulness for Jesus. Thank God for his compassion toward us.