04/14/2025
🙏🙏🙏 Lord give us ears to hear and softened hearts to all You have done for us!
As Holy Week unfolds, Matthew 21:12 says, “Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.”
The people had lost sight of the temple’s true purpose. They’d begun with worship but ended up focused on profit and performance. Jesus’ intervention reminded them that holiness mattered far more than human plans.
As believers today, we are now His temple — His Spirit dwells within us. And sometimes He must overturn the tables in our hearts. When we have resorted to anxious striving, worrying ourselves sick and pressing on when He is calling us to rest, He knows this is hurting us. This was never His intention.
Perhaps God allows some disruptions as an invitation back to dependence on Him. All God’s interventions draw us into surrender, reminding us that He, not our efforts, is the true source of strength. Removing what’s unnecessary creates space for what matters.
This Holy Week, may we embrace God’s gentle correction, knowing His most beautiful mercies meet us at the end of ourselves.
-Ashley Morgan Jackson
How have you seen God do great works through surrender in your life?
Today’s devotion is part of our Holy Week series! Journey with us as we experience the power of Jesus’ love, remember His sacrifice, and walk in the victory of His resurrection. We pray this series prepares your heart for the joy of Easter.
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