Monday, March 21

Jeremiah 1:11-19

Psalms 56, 57, 58, 64, 65

Romans 1:1-15

John 4:27-42

John 4:27-42

The truth is out there; the difficulty lies in seeing it as it truly is. Our expectations of God’s salvation can’t help but miss the mark, limited as we are in our understanding of his plan. None of Jesus’ followers would have expected their teacher to spend much time with the Samaritans, people who were, in their opinion, not worth saving. Similarly, the Samaritans saw themselves as the true inheritors of Abraham’s faith and perceived the Jews as a group who had strayed from God’s presence. Neither group seems to have realized that they were both included in the ministry of Jesus. As his creatures, we can never fully know the mind of God, but we must try to push aside our own judgments to clear a path for the knowledge of his saving grace.

Mark Ramey, Jr.