Be Still And Know

READ: Luke 9.51 NLT 'As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.' There’s a wonderful description of the Servant of the Lord in Isaiah 50.7 in which it says that he set his face like flint. That is to say he was absolutely fixed on heading in one definite direction in obedience to the Lord. That’s exactly what we see here in this verse in Luke’s gospel. Jesus knows exactly what’s going on. He knows that the Jewish leaders were determined to kill him and yet, even so, he heads to the city where his life would be under greatest threat. If anyone had done a risk assessment of the situation then Jesus would have been told to avoid the area and head back up north to Galilee. Jesus’ complete commitment to his father’s will is awesome. He could have chosen to avoid the dangers but his desire is to be obedient and so he heads down south to Jerusalem. He has no fear and takes a route that no Jewish person would ever have been advised to take. He walked through Samaria who