As we enter these last few days before Easter, we need to slow down, quiet ourselves and push aside the outside voices to see what God has for us in this moment.
Jesus had entered Jerusalem. The people had lined the streets and “praised God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen” (Luke 19:37, NASB). They shouted their praises.
We are told Jesus could be found teaching daily in the temple. Try as they may, the chief priests and scribes could not quite find anything by which they could destroy Him.
But there was one thing, one small detail which Luke shares that irritated the priests and scribes:
”And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him, and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.” (Luke 19:47-48, NASB)
No matter which Bible version I looked at, they all said the same thing – the people hung on to every word Jesus spoke.
They were listening intently. It implies a level of admiration and respect, knowing what is being spoken is truth and much needed.
I hope you will join me at Woman to Woman Ministries HERE as we take a closer look at what this intent listening means for us today.
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