# 547 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 9:33,34, “Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, "What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?" But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest."
Once again, Jesus throws out a question, that He already knows the answer to, but He wants His disciples to revisit their dispute and learn from it.
Do you pick up a sense of conviction here? It's like everyone of them knew they had been caught doing something wrong. Like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar, they had no defense. So no one spoke.
Remember the context here. Jesus had just dropped the bombshell that betrayal lay upon the horizon. What were these disciples doing with this “discussion”? Were they trying to figure out who that betrayer might be, based upon their own perceived goodness?
Oh the personal horn tooting that must've been going on here! Must've sounded like the sixth grade band on their first day of practice. Not exactly music to our Lord's ears! But then pride and making a case for self-advancement never are.
The truth is, all of us are capable of betrayal. “There is none righteous, no, not one: (Rom 3:10) And if there is to be found anything good in any one of us, it can only be found in Jesus. To God be the glory!
Father, forgive me for the times I fall into the trap of self-advancement. Especially when it leads to trashing others in order to make myself look good.
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