John 20:15-16
15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).

Mary goes back to the tomb after they discovered that Jesus was not in the tomb, and she and the other women had told the disciples. Mary goes back to the tomb to weep. She is broken. She was broken on Friday, when Jesus died. Now she is weeping. And Jesus meets her in the weeping and brokenness. He lets her go into that brokenness. Out of that brokenness, when Jesus reveals himself, she is changed and overwhelmed by Jesus. That is what God wants to do with us.

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Acts 22:6-7

6 “As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me. 7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

Paul gives his testimony to the Jews who have beaten him. Paul says, “I am zealous for the Law, for God. And Jesus met me. What else could I do but follow Jesus?” Paul says, “What would you have done?” His testimony is for us. Paul uses every opportunity to witness. And he explains his reason for his passionate following after Jesus. We should hear his reasons and be as passionate as Paul is for Jesus.

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John 18:11

11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

Jesus corrects the sword-wielding Peter with this line, “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?” Jesus is saying, “Peter, you are fighting to keep me from obedience, from doing this hard task that God has for me. Stop it. I am committed to the Father’s will and obedience.” The same should be true of us. We need to quit fighting against what God has for us, sometimes painful things. But we must first be committed to the Father’s will and obedience, just like Jesus.

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Mark 14:19

19 They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?”

Jesus tells the disciples that one of them will betray him. Each of them asks the question, one after another, what we too should be ready to ask Jesus. “Is it I?” Will I be the one who will betray you? We should be on our guard and get Jesus' help, even beg him for help so that we stay right with Jesus.

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Mark 12:33

And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Jesus points out the greatest commandments to this scholar who comes and asks a legitimate question. Jesus raises the bar, saying, “I don’t want your sacrifices, I want your obedience.” Love God fully, passionately, and love your neighbor out of that beautiful love of God. Don’t make any excuses for disobedience.

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Mark 12:24
24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?

Jesus confronts the Sadducees after they have attempted to trick him. He confronts them over these two issues: the Scriptures and the power of God. These are two issues we should be constantly aware of as we live our lives in relationship with God. Do you know God’s power, how incredibly, unbelievably powerful God is? And, do you know the Scriptures, God’s very words to us? These two things will change the way we see God and our world. And they will change our lives.

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Psalm 40

6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,

but you have given me an open ear.

Burnt offering and sin offering

you have not required.

7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;

in the scroll of the book it is written of me:

8 I delight to do your will, O my God;

your law is within my heart.”

Who is this person who is written about in God’s scroll? That is the question of the text. It must refer to Jesus, but why? If we understand why, we will understand that is it also written, possibly, about you and me.

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Exodus 34:29

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.

Moses looked different after being in God’s presence. Moses' face shown without him knowing it. Just as Moses’ face shown from being in God’s presence and talking with God, so our faces can shine from being in God’s presence. And the world needs us to shine, reflecting the glory of God.

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