Saturday, March 14, 2009

Lenten Musings - 18

John 2

John 2:3-5 - It's interesting here that Jesus almost seems to be backed into a bit of a corner before He performs this miracle. I wonder if we can learn something from this exchange. I think we often sort of pray and hope for something, but don't really put God in a position that He has to do something. I think of Blind Bartimaeus again, and how he put the ball in Jesus' court. Maybe there are times we can follow this example?

John 2:17 - Here, John seems to give the disciples more credit than Mark does. Here they connect-the-dots between Jesus' actions and the scripture that prophesies it. We don't see this kind of thing in Mark. As I go through John, I wonder if that trend will continue.

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