Tuesday of Holy Week
Tuesday, March 31
Read: Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 71:1-14; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; John 12:20-36
Jose Altuve is the smallest Major League Baseball player at 5’6” and 166 pounds. Yet, Altuve is a 9-time All-Star, has led the American League in batting 3 years, and was named the 2017 American League MVP. His production makes the wise baseball insiders who overlooked him for his size look foolish.
This season of Lent is filled with truths that are unexpected.
- Confessing our sin brings peace.
- Denying ourselves offers benefits beyond our creation.
- The One who hung on the cross is glorified.
That last one has been a world-changing surprise. No one alive in the First Century would have believed it. The cross was a symbol of shame. The cross was the means of death for thieves and revolutionaries.
Yet, God uses the cross to glorify Jesus. God takes the things of lowest repute and uses them for the greatest impact.
During this Holy Week, glory in the surprising, unconventional wisdom of God.
Prayer:
God wonder and wisdom, grant us grace to trust your use of foolish things for your glory so that our feeble attempts at faithfulness may glorify you in the name of Christ who walked toward the cross. Amen.
The Reverend Dr. Brian Miller is Vice President for External and Church Relations at Huntingdon College and an ordained elder in the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.
