Today’s Bible story takes us to the final hours of Jesus’ life on earth just before His crucifixion. Tensions were high because the hostile crowd wanted Jesus to be killed. Jesus’ fate rested in the hands of Pilate, a Roman governor of the day. As the crowd continued to pressure him, Pilate was faced with a decision: give in to the crowd and order Jesus to be killed or do what he knew to be right and release the innocent Jesus.

We’ve all been faced with decisions that are similar in nature to this. The voices around us call out for us to do one thing, while inside, we know we should do something else. This story challenges us to always follow the voice of the Holy Spirit, no matter how much pressure we face from others.