04/01/2026
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Today is Holy Tuesday…
They circled Him in the temple
voices polished with pride
hearts set on proving Him wrong
And the questions came.
Not soft ones
Not curious ones
But sharp
measured
meant to trap Him
“By what authority…?”
“Should we pay…?”
“What happens in the resurrection…?”
They weren’t asking to understand
they were asking to win
But He answered anyway
Not just with words
but with truth that cut deeper than their questions
Because Jesus doesn’t just respond
He reveals
He told stories that exposed hearts
About tenants who rejected the very one sent to save them
About invitations ignored
About people so close to truth
yet unwilling to step into it
And the crowd listened
Some leaned in
some walked away
some grew more determined to silence Him
Because truth does that
It softens
or it hardens
There is no middle ground when Jesus speaks
And then He said it plainly
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart
with all your soul
with all your mind
And love your neighbor as yourself
Not part of you
not when it’s easy
not when it’s convenient
All
Because religion will ask for appearance
but Jesus asks for everything
And I wonder
Would I have stood there
quietly nodding along
or would I have felt exposed
uncomfortable
convicted by words I couldn’t argue with
Because today
on this Holy Tuesday
it doesn’t feel like a distant story
It feels like He’s still asking
Do you really want truth
or just something that agrees with you
Do you want to know Me
or just understand enough to feel in control
And it’s easy to say we would have chosen Him
But the truth is
we still answer that question every day
In what we hold onto
In what we avoid
In what we let Him touch
Because Jesus is not interested in debates
He is after hearts
Fully
honestly
completely His
And the same voice
that answered every trap with truth
is the same voice
that would soon fall silent
on a cross
for you
So today
lean in
Don’t just ask
to test Him
Ask
to know Him
And when He answers
let it change you
because it will
