​Day 78 – March 19, 2021

​Day 78 – March 19, 2021
Scriptures: Numbers 27, John 9
 
“We are disciples of Moses! We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”
 
I’ve always loved the response to the interrogation that the blind man turns on the Pharisees. “Why are you asking so many questions, is it because you want to be his disciple too?”
 
They are indignant.
 
In the efforts and zeal to follow Moses and follow the law, the Pharisees fail to see the gift of healing right in front of them.
 
They are more concerned about sin than they are the gift of healing and life.
 
In our Numbers reading, we hear Moses’ heart for the people, “May the Lord, the God of every human spirit, appoint someone over this community to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
 
The heart of Moses is that the Lord would lead the people. The Lord LEADS.
 
In John, it seems that the Pharisees are forgetting that. In their passion for all things Moses, they’ve ignored the most important part, trusting and following the Lord.
 
They are so blinded by it, that they fail to see the Lord right in front of them.
 
Let our zeal be for the Lord.
 
Jordan