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Friday, June 12, 2026

Fraser: the Lord’s prerogatives

Meditation:
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away.
—Matthew 16:1-4 (NIV)

Quotation:
The Lord’s dealings and method with others are not our rule. It is the cause of much doubting and disquietness that persons, reading inattentively in books the Lord’s way to others, hence cut out this channel to themselves, and think, Thus and thus I must be dealt with, or else not at all.
... James Fraser of Brea (1639-1698), Select Biographies, v. II, W. K. Tweedie, ed., Ediburgh: The Wodrow Society, 1847, p. 270 (see the book)
See also Matt. 16:1-4; 12:39; 2 Kings 5:11-12; Jonah 1:17; Luke 11:27-30; John 21:20-23

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, lead me to accept Your ways for me.
 
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