The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 31 March 2026 – Wisdom From Above
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TOPIC: Wisdom From Above
READ: Luke 20:1-8
1 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.
2 “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”
3 He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me:
4 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin?”
5 They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
6 But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
7 So they answered, “We don’t know where it was from.”
8 Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
THE MESSAGE:
The religious leaders of old consciously looked for reasons to condemn Jesus Christ and His ministry. In our text today, they came with the question of the source of the authority with which He worked. It was not as if Jesus was not sure of the right answer to the question, but He had perceived that they didn’t mean well, and were only expecting an answer to justify their crooked intentions. He decided to manifest divine wisdom by throwing a hard question at them. John the Baptist, whose baptism exercise on Jesus Christ was a divine confirmation of His ministry (Matthew 3:16-17), was recognised by them and the people as having come from God, so, they couldn’t play with the people just for their evil intentions against Jesus.
We live in a world that employs every possible means to discredit us. Sometimes, Christians are set up in order to destroy their God-given ministry. The divine wisdom manifested by Jesus in this instance is a great example to us. However, the manifestation of divine wisdom is very rare without the influence of the Holy Spirit. We are not only to desire to be filled by the Spirit of God, we are to walk in communion with Him daily. By this, we will escape all the traps of the evil one.
PRAYER: Father, fill me with Your Spirit and direct my heart on how to respond to every situation in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
