Lord’s Day, April 23, 2017

DAILY READINGS: Numbers 3:1-51; Psalms 148:1-150:6; Mark 13:1-37

The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? John 18:11

God is infinitely generous. He has given to us richly all things to enjoy (1 Tim. 6:17), and He gave many things to His Son to use for our blessing. Yet here we enter the holy place. How the Father could give such a thing to His only beloved Son escapes our reason and befuddles our senses. Yet He did. How the Saviour could lovingly and willingly drink that cup on our behalf exceeds our understanding. Yet He did, and we shed tears of joy. —Rick Morse
What was it, O our God; led Thee to give Thy Son?
To yield Thy well-beloved, for us by sin undone? —Ann Taylor Gilbert