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Tuesday

On this day Jesus comes back into Jerusalem where His authority is questioned. Similarly, this is the day the Passover lamb would be scrutinized to see if it was worthy of sacrifice. This is exactly what the religious leaders were doing to Jesus. They questioned who he was, what he came to do, and if he had the authority of a king. In typical Jesus fashion, he answered their questions with another question, ultimately proving his authority.

In our life, we are going to be questioned and even scrutinized. However, unlike Jesus, we are going to come up short. The good news is we have authority with Jesus. Through his sacrifice, we are adopted into God’s family. We are made whole and biblically perfect. This does not mean we are free of mistakes, obviously, we know that we will sin and turn away from God’s plan because our flesh desires something else.

We are not supposed to live a perfect life, this is impossible. But what we can do is choose Jesus’s way over our own. When scrutiny comes, when going the other way seems better than Jesus' ways, we must remind ourselves of the authority that we have. We are not destined to fall into temptation. We can beat the false ideas that attempt to overcome us. We are overcomers and sit with authority next to Jesus.

Today, when you feel like you are not enough to beat the temptations thwarting your life, reaffirm the identity you have as an heir and co-heir with Christ.