THE UPPER ROOM 12 MARCH 2024 DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE
Read The Upper Room 12 March 2024 Devotional Message for Tuesday wriiten by Bob LaForge (New Jersey, USA)
TOPIC: God Sees Us
TODAY’S READING
Mark 5:35-43
[Jesus] gave them strict orders that no one should know what had happened. Then he told them to give her something to eat. – Mark 5:43 (CEB)
In Mark 5, Jesus exorcised a demon, healed a woman of her hemorrhage, and raised a little girl from the dead. I would have guessed that after all that, Jesus would have rubbed his hands together and called it a day. Or maybe he would have sat back among a crowd to recount all that he had done. That is what I would have done. But that was not Jesus’ way.
Jesus was more concerned about the risen girl’s needs. She was not a project to him; she was not a means to make himself look better. Jesus saw the young girl as a person with needs and fears. While everyone else was ecstatic and shocked, Jesus saw that the girl was hungry and told her mother and father to give her some food.
In God’s eyes we are not means to an end. We are not just one of many pieces in the puzzle. To God, each one of us is a person with our own needs and fears. God is interested in even the tiniest details of our lives. In every moment, remember that there is nothing too trivial to bring to God.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Dear God, may we always remember that you are aware of our struggles every moment of our lives. As your people, we thank you for always caring about us. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
God knows my needs and will care for me.
PRAYER FOCUS
Those who feel unloved
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