“30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know it, 31 for He was teaching His disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” 32 But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
33 Then they came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” 34 But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. 35 He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” 36 Then he took a little child and put it among them, and taking it in his arms he said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me” Mark 9:30-37.
There are a lot of things Jesus didn’t want anyone to know. I marvel at how little I know about life and death and Jesus. So nothing has changed.
In the end, day after day, we have to live by faith. We have to trust Jesus Christ. But I always think to myself, in whom, other than Jesus Christ, should I place my faith? At the end of the day, I look around and all I see is Jesus Christ. That creation occurred spontaneously by a “Big Bang” is utterly ridiculous for me to fathom. Its doesn’t make even intellectual sense to me. Life cannot be just luck. And those who have told me over the years that they believe that life is temporary, and that death is simply the end, and into oblivion we go — this just doesn’t make sense when I look around.
But today I learn from the text above that Jesus is teaching us something by the utter mystery of life. “Jesus did not want anyone to know it, for He was teaching His disciples” Mark 9:30-31.
Oh Lord, what are You teaching me? I know I am a sinner who falls short of Your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me a sinner. That is my prayer. Help me to desire more than anything else to “…be last of all and servant of all” (Verse 35).
Amen!
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