What is the greatest treasure? If you're a king, you either have it or can obtain it. Nothing is off limits, right?
Here is Jesus, telling the disciples that they have obtained the greatest treasure of all. They have seen Jesus, and they believe. Do you think they realized what they had?
I think of these same disciples, on this Maundy Thursday, fleeing from the soldiers in the hopes of saving their own lives. They see Jesus arrested and suddenly all seems so small and fragile, their kingdom having toppled so fast. Do they feel like Jesus contains wisdom beyond compare? Or do they think that all is lost?
We often feel this fragile and small. But Jesus can go confidently to his arrest because he has no fear. He knows true power and righteousness, and death does not frighten him. He has come in love, for love, and love shall conquer all.
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