Living Free

John 2-4 

“In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area…But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.”

John 2:14, 15, 24

Jesus, filled with zeal for his Father’s house, confronted the religious market that supported the sacrificial system. He was more concerned with his Father’s glory than the approval of the religious leaders of his day. Similarly, Jesus would not entrust himself to those who believed he was Messiah. He knew the fickle nature of men’s hearts. Rather, Jesus was living for the will of his Father in heaven. Knowing and doing the Father’s will and completing the Father’s assignments for him were like food to Jesus. When we try to please people, play politics in church, or win popularity contests, we are eating food that will harm us. It takes great humility, death-to-self, and discipline of focus to live for the Father’s will amid opposition and success. Jesus showed us the way.

What is Jesus inviting us to today?

“Lord Jesus, make me more like you, for your glory.”