Day 6 - Friday - Connect the Testaments - A 365-Day Devotional - with Bible Reading Plan - Logos
February 25: The Fear Leviticus 17:1–19:37; John 9:13–34 ; Song of Solomon 7:10–13 We often don’t realize that we’re guilty of fearing others. At the time, it can feel definite and look legitimate. Worrying others can also take the form of a meticulous house, staying late at the office, or passing anxious, sleepless nights. When we hold someone else’s opinions higher than God’s, we suddenly find our world shaky and imbalanced. Jesus’ healing of the blind man reveals that the fear of people is not a modern concept. The blind man’s parents were victims of their mission, but they were willing victims. The Pharisees had a stranglehold on Jewish life: “for the Jews had already decided that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue” (John 9:22). Even within the ruling ranks, though, opinions were divided, but the fear of people still ruled (John 9:16). John reports elsewhere that “many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees th...