the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Luke 22:1-23
The rulers of the people are puzzled as to how to realise their criminal intentions because they know that the people enjoyed listening to the Lord Jesus (Luke 19:48). Satan comes to their aid. He has prepared his instrument, Judas – and now he enters into him, putting himself in control of the wretched disciple’s will. Judas immediately goes off to conclude his terrible bargain.
As far as celebrating the Passover – and today the breaking of bread – is concerned, nothing is left to the initiative of the disciples. The Lord Jesus asks them to get it ready, but He also waits to be asked where it is to take place. How many Christians, instead of asking the Lord this question, have themselves chosen the place of gathering! Yet it is all so simple. It is enough to let ourselves be guided by the man carrying the pitcher of water, a figure of the Holy Spirit presenting the Word. The large, furnished upper-room suggests that where the Lord Jesus Himself is, there is room for all believers. "With desire I have desired . . ." He says to His own when the hour had come. What love! The Lord is not talking of a favour He is doing them, but of a need of His own heart, "like one who, before leaving his family, desires one more farewell gathering with them" (JND).
