CQOD: 11/09/06 -- Barclay: Who is using whom?

Christian Quotation of the Day

November 9, 2006

Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433

Meditation:
    When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!" Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
    -- John 6:14-15 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    That crowd of Jews would have followed Christ at that moment because He was giving them what they wanted [bread], and they wished to use Him for their plans and dreams and purposes. That attitude to Christ still lingers in men’s minds. We would like Christ’s gifts without Christ’s Cross; we would like to use Christ instead of allowing Him to use us.
    ... William Barclay (1907-1978), The Gospel of John [1975] Vol. 1, p. 210

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You are King in my heart.

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