John 11:55–12:1

There have always been those who doubt Jesus’  miraculous intervention in the lives of God’s creation. 

Sadly, most of them were members of the elite, they were terrified of losing their power and control over the people who Jesus came to save.

Every time I meditate on a commandment and ask God to reveal His values, I'm convicted and humbled by the way He cares about our relationship with Him and how we treat each other. First5 

Mother Pollard was one of the elders of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, during the bus boycott of 1955-56. When her pastor Dr. King, suggested she go back to the buses because she was too old to keep walking, she told him, "I'm gonna walk just as long as everybody else walks. I'm gonna walk till it's over.”

King marveled. "But aren't your feet tired?" he asked.

"My feet is tired," she replied. "But my soul is rested.”

So tired is one thing. Being soulless is something else altogether. Mother Pollard knew this. I doubt she went to a workshop to figure it out. She just knew in her bones; that she is whole, and filled with grace and sufficiency.

Which meant that for Mother Pollard, her rested soul allowed her to live fully into this life. She walked toward, and not away from, life. This life, her life, with its contradictions, frustrations, weariness, tired feet and injustices.

Mother Pollard knew who she was. Her strength came from that place. Because she did not see herself as a victim, she could live with intention, beyond circumstance or public opinion. In other words, tired feet was not an impediment. And from that soul flows tenderness, tenacity, compassion, inclusion and sanctuary, joy, passion and justice. Sabbath Moments 

John 11:55–12:1 

And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 56 Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that He will not come to the feast?” 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him. Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. The New King James Version

Jesus withdrew from public life for a while. He met privately with His disciples. If Jesus’ crucifixion took place on a Friday, this dinner occurred during the evening of the previous Saturday because the Jerusalem entry took place on Sunday. The NKJV Study Bible

No devices of man can alter the purposes of God: and while hypocrites amuse themselves with forms and disputes, and worldly men pursue their own plans, Jesus still orders all things for his own glory and the salvation of his people. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Mark 14:1 After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death.

John 7:11 Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?”