Lent, Day 33 -3rd Station of the Cross

Scripture Readings for Today are: Psalms 118, 145; Jere 23:16-32; 1 Cor 9:19-27 &
Mark 8:31-9:1

Today is the last Sunday before the end of Lent. As we come to the final week of Lent, we continue to look at the Stations of the Cross - the journey of Christ Jesus to His death.

Today: Jesus is Condemned by the Sanhedrin

Scripture: "When day came the council of elders of the people met, both chief priests and scribes, and they brought him before their Sanhedrin. They said, "If you are the Messiah, tell us," but he replied to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe, and if I question, you will not respond. But from this time on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God." They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied to them, "You say that I am." Then they said, "What further need have we for testimony? We have heard it from his own mouth."
Luke 22: 66-71

Hope your day of worship is filled with a faith of God's presence. Sometimes in the middle of difficult things there is little faith to believe God is at work. Jesus could have easily succumbed to the temptation of demonstrating his divinity but he spoke a word to them that was truth, and yet they didn't believe. "Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the word of God", says Romans 10.
The question is are we looking to hear? If we don't expect to hear God, we probably won't; but if we do live in expectation that God will speak to us, then we most likely will truly hear.

My prayer is that you "will have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying".

A Prayer:

"Father of truth and light. Lord you know our tendency to exclude you in our lives. We somehow are convinced you really don't want to say anything to us. Forgive me Lord for that. I want to hear you...and by faith I choose to listen. Amen."