Daily Devotion for March 25, 2024

 

Devotion:

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Read Luke 22:7-30.

In our Lenten worship series, we have been following Jesus to Jerusalem. In today’s passage, we see that Jesus and his followers have, at last, arrived. It is no coincidence that it is time for the Feast of Unleavened Bread and Passover. As we read this, we should see and understand Jesus’ careful preparation for this last Passover meal with his apostles. He had arranged for an upper room in which they would gather and eat, and Peter and John went into the city and prepared the Passover meal. At the end of the meal, Jesus took bread and wine from the table and offered them to his apostles, instituting for them and for us, as followers of Christ, the sacrament of Holy Communion.

It is sad to read that, after three years of serving alongside Jesus and hearing his teachings on humility and service, the apostles began to argue among themselves as to who was the greatest. I can picture an eye roll from Jesus, but instead he patiently taught them that the greatest in God’s kingdom is the least. What a lesson for us today, in our divided society! The world needs to see us Christians today living and serving in quiet humility, not seeking after the world’s idea of greatness.

Personal Worship Option:

Pray with me, “Forgive me, Almighty God, when I long for greatness as measured by the world’s standards. Help me to seek instead the greatness modeled and taught by Christ. Give me the humility to serve without notice or fanfare. In Christ’s name. Amen.”