Set Your Face Like Flint

May 8

(Luke 9:51-53 NIV) “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. {52} And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; {53} but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem.”

(Isaiah 50:7 NIV) “Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.”

A few days after Moses and Elijah spoke with the transfigured Jesus regarding His “departure”, He “resolutely set out for Jerusalem” and His ordained appointment with the cross. Resolved to finish His mission, Christ “set His face like flint”, and headed for the Holy City to die for our sins. Not everyone cheered, as one village refused to welcome Him, and we discover that not all Samaritans were good. Christian, if you are going to follow Jesus today, you will need the resolve that He had. Even though modern day Samaritans do not welcome you, set your face like flint, and go where God has called you to go. Do what the Lord has called you to do, even if it means a cross of some kind. We all have our Jerusalem. Resolutely set out for that place. Do not be deterred or discouraged. You will not be put to shame. Set your face like flint. The Lord will travel with you. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day