DAY TWENTY-SIX – Thursday, March 23, 2023
Mark 9:38-41
I puzzled over this passage for some time. Just prior to these verses, the disciples had been arguing over who was the greatest among them. Christ said the first would be last and the last, first and must be a servant of all. (See Matthew 25:35-40)
It seemed to me that the disciples were jealous of the man who exorcised the demon because he was not of the “inner circle.” Christ said, that “who was for him was not against him”. So it is that we must act as Jesus would, in whatever situation we face- not looking for praise or recognition of our action, but as a humble servant.
Shirley Barr
Mark 9:38-41
I puzzled over this passage for some time. Just prior to these verses, the disciples had been arguing over who was the greatest among them. Christ said the first would be last and the last, first and must be a servant of all. (See Matthew 25:35-40)
It seemed to me that the disciples were jealous of the man who exorcised the demon because he was not of the “inner circle.” Christ said, that “who was for him was not against him”. So it is that we must act as Jesus would, in whatever situation we face- not looking for praise or recognition of our action, but as a humble servant.
Shirley Barr
