A Multitude of Sins

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. Matthew 27:20

Jesus was standing before the governor and being accused and questioned by the chief priests and elders, those with the most influence. The governor didn’t want Jesus’ blood on his hands, so he permits the crowd to decide. The crowd was to the point of an uproar and shouted, “Crucify Him.”

How long did it take the influencers to cause the crowd who yelled “Hosanna, blessed is He comes in the name of the Lord” to instead yell “Crucify Him?” I believe the influencers were in the original crowd as Jesus entered Jerusalem quietly getting in the ear of anyone who would listen. They had been influencing them since before Jesus even got into town. They were plotting, positioning, writing, and pleading with “the crowd” and it all finally paid off. The influencers got exactly what they wanted.

Jesus let the chief priests and elders (influencers) plead their case. They knew exactly how to provoke the crowd.

Why didn’t Jesus speak up? Why did He let them continue spreading lies & do so much damage?  Jesus was doing the most important thing He could do. He was exercising love. He was demonstrating the love walk. That was just the beginning of the love Jesus would demonstrate.

What does love do? “Love covers a multitude of sins.” Love covers the betrayal. Love covers the denial. Love covers the bruises. Love covers the beating. Love covers the nails.

What must love cover in our own lives? Who must love cover in our own lives? Maybe it’s not necessary to say a word. Maybe we simply let love cover it. There isn’t one thing in our own lives that would be more difficult to cover with love then what Jesus’s love covered.

Today is a great day to demonstrate the love walk. “Love covers a multitude of sins.”

How will you Devote2day?