Mark 11:18
These men wanted to kill Jesus for the same reason that they didn’t want to do it in public. They thought only of themselves and the religious aristocracy they had comfortably set within Roman power. It was not an easy trick. They maintained a shaky ballance. Due to their focus on their own devices, they would not consider that Jesus could be the Messiah. And, in the same way, though they wanted to rid themselves of his disruption of their fine juggling act, they didn’t want to rock the boat.
Heavenly Father, thank you for giving us the freedom to live without fear. Most people live with so much fear. In Christ we can live free from all of this. You have made our lives so different. Life in Christ is wonderful! In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray and praise you, Amen.