Matthew 22:41-42a While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”….
Jesus turns the tables and asks questions of the Pharisees in today’s scripture. He asks a pretty simple question, yet He’s trying to show them that their thinking is too limited. They *think* they know who the Messiah is and how He will act. Man, those preconceived notions will get you every time.
Matthew 22:42b-43 …“The son of David,” they replied. He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’?…
Again, as I sit in judgment of the Pharisees, the thought hits that I am just as guilty of consigning Jesus to a smaller role than the one He intends to fulfill in my life. And just like the Pharisees, my error is based in my preconceived notions of what I deem to be the right path or solution, how *I* think Jesus *should* act. Jesus, Help me.
Matthew 22:45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
Lord, Forgive me when I limit Your power to work in my life because of my preconceived notions of how You should work. Help me to put aside those notions so that You can work freely in my life and through my life. Draw me closer. Amen.
Matthew 22:46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Have a blessed day.