DAILY?READINGS: Ezra 9; Daniel 10; Revelation 5
And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. Mark 3:6
A man was healed and the response of the Pharisees was to plot the death of the Healer. The Pharisees were a heartless group but sometimes my attitude may be too similar to theirs. In order to avoid such an attitude we need to trust God’s truth in every circumstance and not impose our own wisdom. We need to reach out to all peoples as the Saviour did—never creating false barriers between any. And we need to avoid allowing ritualism to take control of our lives. Christianity is Christ and we need to live in that reality, not bound by forms or activities that may be historical but are not Biblical. —I. I. M.
Lord, take my life and make it wholly Thine;
Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine. —J. E. Orr