Scripture: Mark 9:42-50
Journal: What does this passage do within you?
How does it disturb you? What
feathers does it ruffle? What areas of
your life need to be “cut off” or “plucked out?” Why do you tolerate them?
Reflection: You don’t have to look
far to see how important purity is to Jesus.
It is important enough to cut off, or pluck out, something vital in
order to preserve the purity of the whole.
And maybe preserving this purity is the whole idea; thus the connection
with salt. The question then becomes: If
purity is so important to Jesus, why is it not equally important to us? We tend to operate under a whole different paradigm. We tend to tolerate far too much. Maybe it’s time for us to raise the bar. Maybe it’s time that purity become as
important to us as it is to Jesus. What
would that look like? What do we
tolerate in our own lives that Jesus simply would not tolerate? How does Jesus want us to raise the standards
of our own lives?
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Lord Jesus, help us not to tolerate things and
habits and patterns that keep us from being wholly yours. Give us the courage to fully walk with you,
whatever that may look like. Amen.
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