Day 64: Numbers 32-35; Mark 10
by Jonathan Merki on March 5th, 2023
Astounded, amazed, alarmed, afraid...to encounter Jesus is to have some response to His presence. The above words are used to describe the disciples' and crowd's reaction to Jesus (Mark 10:32). He had just called those annoyances that some people call brats, and others just preferred to ignore, the standard for entering eternity...become like children or you won't get into heaven. Then, He turned ... Read More
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Day 63: Numbers 32-35; Mark 10
by Jonathan Merki on March 4th, 2023
Jesus through the JourneyThreaded through the Old Testament narrative, we see the presence of God, our Savior, in the midst of His people, looking ahead to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. In Numbers 35, we see a powerful visual reminder of grace. The Levites, the bridge-building (mediatorial) tribe, are assigned cities sprinkled throughout the Land of Promise in the territory the trib... Read More
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Day 62: Numbers 30-31; Mark 9:30-50
by Jonathan Merki on March 3rd, 2023
"Your lives, like salt, are to season and preserve. So don’t lose your flavor, and preserve the peace in your union with one another.” (Mark 9:50b, TPT)Confession time: my tendency in life is to be a peace keeper. Peace keepers try to smooth over differences. Sometimes this works, but if you do not get at the core of what causes the conflict, you can spend a lifetime smoothing over differences. De... Read More
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Day 61: Numbers 28-29; Mark 9:2-29
by Jonathan Merki on March 2nd, 2023
"Rabbi, it’s good for us to be here. Let’s set up three shelters..." (Mark 9:5, CSB) It seems ironic that we are reading about the celebration of the Festival of Shelters (Numbers 29:12-40) on the day we read Peter's spontaneous outburst. Shelters was a reminder to Israel through their history that God provided shelter, food and clothing for His children through 40 years of wandering in the wilder... Read More
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Day 60: Numbers 26-27; Mark 8:22-9:1
by Jonathan Merki on March 2nd, 2023
Imagine the gall of rebuking Jesus (Mark 8:32). The audacity of Peter is magnified by his confession of who Christ is (Mark 8:29; Matthew 16:16). It was truly inconvenient for Peter's Messiah to be opposed by the powers that be and subject to their tyranny, let alone, die. All of a sudden the student tries to school the Master, the follower lead the Lord. Jesus would have none of that! He would n... Read More
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Day 59: Numbers 23-25; Mark 8:1-21
by Jonathan Merki on February 28th, 2023
"Don't you understand yet?" (Mark 8:21)It seems to be a part of the human condition. Balak would not relent...offering more sacrifices from different vantage points making greater threats would not change God's mind. All this did was give God an opportunity to reinforce His plan and purpose, and out of this came passages that speak life into our day and point wise men (and women) to Jesus (Numbers... Read More
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