Luke 19-21

In these passages Luke recounts Jesus approach to Jerusalem, entry, and first few debates with the Jewish leaders before his execution.  Chapter 19 begins with a focus on some of the events in Jericho before Jesus reached Jerusalem.  Luke focuses on the encounter, and lunch, with Zacchaeus.  Mark wrote about Bartimaeus, while Matthew recorded an encounter with a rich young man and two unnamed blind men.  There was a lot of activity going on prior to his arrival in Jerusalem, but Jesus kept his focus on what lay ahead.  I know that I get distracted by the things around me, that often keep me from focusing on my goal.  Jesus continued to teach on his way, but he never moved from the plan God had laid out before time; the deliberate death march into Jerusalem that would lead to our salvation by His grace.  Jesus kept one eye on the immediate and one eye on eternity.  That’s a lesson which I need to learn.

This passage took me about 20 minutes to read.

Stuart