TUESDAY: LIVING AN INTERRUPTIBLE LIFE
KEY PASSAGE
“While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples. Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment. When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News of this spread through all that region.”
DEVOTIONAL
Jesus lived a life littered with interruptions, whether they were from his disciples constantly at His side asking questions, or thousands of people coming from surrounding cities to see and experience these miracles they had heard about.
We see Jesus get interrupted back to back in Matthew 9, but notice His response: Ready and willing. Jesus knew what He was sent here for, but He also loved people so much that serving them was His greatest joy.
We should follow Jesus’ example, because along the way we may experience miracles that were years in the making. Jesus is responding to the healing of the little girl, but also heals a woman who was suffering for 12 years along the way.
There are miracles God wants to do in your yes. There are people who need you to be willingly interrupted. Jesus was interrupted and went with a joyful heart, not because it was a part of the agenda, but because He came to serve.
CHALLENGE
Take time today to ask God to help you see people as Jesus saw them.
Maybe they are not interrupting to be a nuisance, they are interrupting because they need something.
And today when you are interrupted, have a joyful attitude, and serve with a ready and willing heart.