Jesus,
Thank you for this new morning, for the opportunity to be with you again. As I read your word, I am always struck by your courage and, at the same time, the pain you experienced.
You showed them so many good works that came directly from the Father, yet their hearts were closed and their hands reached for stones.
Not because of your works, but because of your identity. Because you, a man, revealed that you are God.
Lord, how easily my own heart can become like that crowd. Perhaps I don’t brandish stones, but at times I limit you, confining you to my own narrow ideas of who you are and what you can do.
When your divinity surpasses my understanding, when your truth becomes too demanding, the same accusation, the same judgment that echoed back then, quietly rises within me:
Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, ‘He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.’ (Matthew 26:65)
You and the Father are one
But you, Jesus, did not defend yourself with anger, but with the power of the Word. You reminded them of the Scripture they knew so well, of the promise of dignity that the Father placed in every human being.
“I said, ‘You are “gods”; you are all sons of the Most High.’” (Psalm 82:6)
If the Father honored us—frail and mortal—with such a title in his Word, how then could they accuse you, who are his eternal Word?
You are not merely one of us; you are the one the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world. Your statement is not blasphemy, but the deepest truth of our existence: that You and the Father are one.
“what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?” (John 10:36)
I Believe Your Works
Then you gave us a simple key, a path to faith: “believe the works.” You do not ask for blind faith, but for open eyes and a heart that recognizes you in the signs you perform.
Lord, I ask you, open my eyes today, that I may see your works in my life—in the kindness of a stranger, in the forgiveness I receive, in the peace amidst my worries.
Today, I do not want to be part of the angry crowd in Jerusalem that seeks to seize you and silence you. I want to go with you “across the Jordan,” to a place of simplicity and acceptance.
To the place where people, upon seeing you, recognized that everything said about you was true. May my heart be such a place today.
A place where I do not cast stones of judgment, but instead lay my faith before you.
Amen.
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