DAILY READINGS: Numbers 6; Proverbs 3; Mark 14:53-72
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. Zechariah 2:10
God has always desired to be in the centre of His people’s lives. In the garden, the tree of life was in the midst, symbolizing the blessing of a relationship with the Creator (Jn. 17:3; Rev. 2:7). In the desert, God pitched His tent in the middle of the tribes. In the church, the Lord Jesus is in the midst (Mt. 18:20; Rev. 1:13). Sadly, the Laodicean church excluded Him, and thus He stood outside calling to the individual believers that remained to fellowship with Him (Rev. 3:20). Our attention should focus on the One in the midst. —K. R. Keyser
Thus may we abide in union with each other and with the Lord;
And possess, in sweet communion, joys which earth can ne’er afford.—John Newton