Leviticus 27:1-34; Psalms 142:1-143:12; Mark 11:1-26
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. Matt. 8:9
Listen to the logic of the centurion. He understood the Lord’s authority because he had soldiers to whom he said: Go, Come and Do. We have one who is far greater. When He says, do this in remembrance of me, do we gather faithfully to worship? When He says, come to Me and I will give you rest, do we come, or do we keep exhausting our own resources? And finally, when He says, go into all the world and preach the Gospel, do we go? —Shane Johnson
Am I a soldier of the Cross— follower of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own His cause, or blush to speak His name?—I. Watts