Luke 18:18-43; Genesis 31; Psalm 24
The importance of God's kingdom here on earth and our call to love him and spread the good news above everything else is paramount. God tells me that if I give up everything else, I will be given much in this life and in the next. I hope and pray that God will help us to live with God being the center of our world—not for the blessings, but because it is the right thing to do.
This story of the blind man shows how believers will ignore those who are hurting, even those crying out for help, for the truth about Jesus. That is not the kind of believer that God wants us to be. Jesus heard this man, stopped, listened to him, and healed him. Christ spent time getting to know him and his needs. It didn’t matter what the people thought of him, the reputation this person had, or the difficult challenge he faced—The Lord took the time to love him. We need to learn to love like that: without hesitation, without judgment, without fear. True love, that comes from The Lord has none of those things; it is generous and genuine.
Should Jacob have had the kind of trust in his family like he did? People are imperfect, including his wives, and he should have known that. However, it is noble that he believed he and his family was innocent. Luckily, he did not have to kill his favorite wife.
God's standards are so high, that no person could ever meet them. We are so far from perfect that it makes it hard to believe God could love us sometimes. And yet, our faith in Jesus saves us and our attempts to love others in God's name makes him so proud. I love this time in the morning when I get to read God's word and meditate on what he wants to teach me.
Lord, help us to above all, love you. Then, out of the love we experience in you, I pray that we love and serve others. Help us to do the right things for the right reasons, to be honest in our lives, and to worship only you and not idols of any kind. God, you are so good and we are blessed beyond measure for how you have saved us.
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