The Wednesday after Septuagesima Sunday
Posted on February 4, 2026 by under
Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 (NKJV)
26:16 “This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. 18 Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, 19 and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
Devotion
No one can keep the statutes, commandments, and judgments of the Lord if they do not have faith in Jesus Christ. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrates clearly that He is the fulfillment of God’s promises; He is the true Christ and Messiah. “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’” (John 14:6). Many have tried throughout the centuries to disprove our Lord, but none have succeeded.
Our Savior did not seek vain glory or power. He acted out of love, grace, and honesty. Any person or any belief system that says they believe in God, yet reject what Jesus says in the Gospel, has not understood what God actually says in His statutes, commandments, and judgments.
If we are to know and do the will of the Lord, we understand it through Jesus Christ. We sin and fail, but that does not invalidate what our Lord has taught us. In fact, even our weakness affirms what our Lord says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9). His statutes, commandments, and judgments say, “Repent of your sins, and believe in the Only-begotten Son for grace, forgiveness, and fullness of life!” So His faithful people find the fulfillment of all His Words by focusing on our crucified and risen Lord, Jesus Christ.
Collect: O Lord, we beseech Thee favorably to hear the prayers of Thy people: that we, who are justly punished for our offenses, may be mercifully delivered by Thy goodness, for the glory of Thy Name; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
