The road of life can take some unusual twists and turns. Unexpected bumps in the road. Diversions from the normalcy to which we so easily resign ourselves. Even in the christian life. More so in the christian life.
So what do we do... give up? Blame God? Resort to our own devices?
The picture is beautiful... the disciples are sitting with the Lord, sharing in the last supper with Him, and He is tenderly washing their feet. Then the disturbing news comes from the lips of the Saviour... one of these chosen twelve will betray Him. A bump in the road.
The disciples are immediately consumed with self-doubt. They stare at each other with worried concern. Troubled, they enquire, "Lord, is it I?"
But there is one disciple who "leans on His breast". Unperturbed by the tumult of fear around him, this disciple chooses, in quiet confidence, to rest on the bosom of his Lord. A place of comfort. A place of devotion. A place of intimacy.
Let me be like this disciple, the one "whom Jesus loved".
Let me cast aside fear and anxiety, and lean on the One in whose Hand my breath is. (Daniel 5:23)
For thus saith the Lord God... the Holy One in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.
(Isaiah 30:15)
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