Devos 365

Psalm 69 To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David. Before you even read the Psalm for today, I want to tell you that this psalm, along with Psalm 22 are two of the greatest and most pointed of the Messianic psalms. It is serendipitous that we would read this psalm right in the middle of our study of the Passion of the Christ as we find it in Luke. David writes prophetically when he pens these words. As you read through these verses, imagine the suffering Christ; betrayed, unjustly tried, beaten, scourged, crucified, and struggling to breath. Those who arrested Him showed pure hatred and those who fulfilled the role of executioners stand at the foot of the cross watching Him suffer. I know this is a fairly long psalm, but don't give up. Read it all and read these words with Him in mind. 1 Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. 3 I am wear...

Luke 23:1-16 1 Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. 2  And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” 3  And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” 4  Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.” 5  But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.” 6  When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7  And when he learned that he belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time. 8  When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him. 9  So he questioned him at som...

Luke 22:63-71 63  Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him as they beat Him. 64  They also blindfolded Him and kept asking Him, “ Prophesy ! Who is it that struck You?” 65  And they said many other things against Him, blaspheming Him. 66  When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes. And they led Him away to their council, and they said, 67  “If You are the Christ , tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe, 68  and if I ask you, you will not answer. 69   But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” 70  So they all said, “Are You the Son of God , then?” And he said to them, “You say that I AM .” 71  Then they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from His own lips.” The first trial begins with an introduction that provides the hearer with the time of t...

Luke 22:54-62 54  Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house, and Peter was following at a distance. 55  And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. 56  Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him.” 57  But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.” 58  And a little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.” 59  And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.” 60  But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61  And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the roo...

Luke 22:47-53 47  While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him, 48  but Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” 49  And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” 50  And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. 51  But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him. 52  Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? 53  When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.” The Divine Drama of Christ’s Passion now kicks into high gear. Judas’ plan to push Jesus into the kingdom he wanted to see h...