Daily Butter: Wait for it

Wait for it

My little addition to "Our Daily Bread" (6/24/13)

But He strictly warned and instructed them to tell this to no one, saying, "The Son

of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and

scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day."

(Luke 9:21-22 HCSB)

Throughout the gospels, Christ's warned His disciples and those He had just set free of bondage or infirmity not tell others the truth of His identity. I struggled so much with why such a command would be given, but these verses in a private discussion with the chosen twelve provided some insight that I had previously missed. In spite of the fact that the Jewish leaders were seeking to kill Him, generations of Hebrews had been hoping, longing and praying for the coming of their Messiah. While the grass-roots movement begun by these men after Christ's ascension was vital to His plan for salvation of the world, it could not begin until after He declared "It is Finished!" (John 19:30)

 

I cannot imagine the difficulty of "keeping the lid" on such an earth-shattering truth must have been. I am eternally grateful that these faithful men were obedient when Christ told them to stay quiet AND when the Holy Spirit prompted them tho speak out and write it down.

 

May I be sensitive to His prompting and His timing.

 

in His service,
Andy Jentes