Today is Mark 6:1-29 ❤️🙌🔥 for the “Bible Book of the Month Club — The Gospel of Mark”

“They took offense at him…He (Jesus) was amazed at their lack of faith…”

“When Herod heard John he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.”

Hardness of heart… This passage displays this condition well.

Imagine what it would have been like to see Jesus as He walked on the earth. I would like to think I would be one of the ones hanging on His every word. But there have been times that I have not lived that way. I have taken offense at His Word. I have lacked faith. I have had hardness of heart towards God’s Word. It is a miserable way to live.

The account of Herod and John points to another case of hardness of heart. Herod enjoyed listening to John speak. He knew John was a prophet and feared him. He knew John was righteous and holy. But Herod, in order to please others and save his own reputation, ordered John’s execution. We can know what is good, right, and holy, but in order to preserve ourselves and our ways, reject it all.

Reading these passages increases my desire to have a heart that is soft and tender towards God — listening to what He says in His Word, obeying it fully, and following His ways alone!

What is God saying to you today? Post it below 👇 👇👇

(Tomorrow’s reading is Mark 6:30-56)