DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 7; Jeremiah 14; Ephesians 6:10-24
There came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. John 19:39
Nicodemus was a Pharisee, a group which saw themselves as holier than others. However, in His first encounter with the Lord he discovered that he was not innocent; He needed to be born again, and gloriously he was. His devotion to the Lord is seen here as he brought a fortune in spices to anoint his Lord’s body. How did a man carry a hundred pounds of myrrh and aloes? Love to Christ made the burden light. In our day the same applies—love to Christ makes our burdens light and causes our hearts to worship. —Robert E. Surgenor
As a living grafted shoot, nourished from a hidden root;
We may bear all holy fruit, through the love of Christ. —Wm. Reid