the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Matthew 20:17-34
The Lord Jesus looked for understanding from His disciples on this subject of particular intimacy and solemnity: the suffering and death which await Him at Jerusalem. Well! the mother of James and John chose this very moment to put a very personal request to Him. She would be proud to see her sons occupy the place of honour in the kingdom of the Messiah. The ten show their indignation. Without doubt, this was not just because the request was selfish and out of place, but because each one of them secretly nourished an ambition for that first place. Alas! after all that the Lord had said to them and after He had set that little child in their midst, had they not then learned or remembered anything? We should not pass judgment on them! How much trouble we have in learning our lessons, the same lessons! How much we resemble them!
Then, without any reproach, and with infinite patience, the Master resumes His teaching. And this time He supports it by His own example in v. 28, the everlasting theme of worship for the redeemed.
Pursuing His way which went to Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus heals two blind men at the gate of Jericho. Let us emphasize the lovely persistence of faith on their part and, on the Lord’s part, His infinite compassion.
