Today, I am reading and commenting on  Luke 9.

When Jesus predicted His death and resurrection the first time He also warned us that anyone who wants to be His follower must be willing to face death as well. Then when He predicted His death for the second time a short time later, He tells us that in order to be great among His followers we need to serve others.  I think this connection tells us something about the degree of sacrifice to which we should be willing to go in order to serve others.  In the first instance, Jesus tells us that if we fail to do as we know He wills because of fear, we will suffer that which we fear, but if we face our fears and do as God wills, even to the point of experiencing death, the joy we receive will be more than worth it, and God will reward us with eternal life.  A similar thing holds true when we serve others.  If we humbly serve others without thought to fulfilling our own desires, the honor and joy which God will bestow upon us will exceed anything pursuing our own desires could have obtained.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.