Today's Bible reading is the 12th chapter of the Book of John. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12&version=NASB

Out of love for His friend and to glorify His Father, Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. Such a miracle had caused quite a commotion. We read that a large crowd of the Jews had come to Bethany to see both Jesus and Lazarus, the one He had raised from the dead. God had clearly used the miracle to testify to the truth of His Son and we see that many Jews who had come to Bethany came to believe in Jesus. And so God was glorified. Lazarus, finding himself the recipient of this wondrous miracle, experiencing the joy of life and fellowship with Jesus again, now faced a far different problem. On account of people believing in Jesus as a result of Lazarus being raised from the dead, ironically Lazarus would now become a target of the chief priests in their plan to put him to death. As His popularity increased and as people were moved to testify about Him, the religious leaders were driven further by their jealousy and envy to plot how they might kill Jesus. As they said to themselves that "the world has gone after Him", they became more determined to put a stop to His influence on the world, a world in which they did not wish to yield what they felt was theirs to anyone. To be sure, God would use the religious leaders to accomplish His perfect will. Jesus would die and I have no doubt that Lazarus would again experience physical death. But as we saw in yesterday's passage, Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Jesus would rise on the third day and one day Lazarus, although now having been in the grave for more than two thousand years, will enjoy the resurrection benefits of believing in Jesus. And God will be glorified.