Wednesday after the Third Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on June 28, 2023 by under
Scripture: St. Luke 10:13-16 (NKJV)
10:13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. 16 He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”
Devotion
God expects us to hear what He says, see what He does, and believe accordingly by the power of His Spirit. If we ignore Him and cling to what seems right in our own eyes, we are in a very dangerous state, spiritually speaking.
Our Lord performed miracles and good works for the people of the world to see. He taught with love and patience. He corrected with wisdom. But there were—and are—many who do not care, and think they know better than what God’s Word says. His warnings are true to this day.
Many sinners have heard our Lord’s truth, repented of their sinful vanity, and are forgiven in Christ. Those who think they are wiser and more pious look at those sinners and often miss the point. Rather than understand God’s message about humility and faithfulness, sinful hearts look for ways to justify their own ideas. He sends His Word and His servants according to proper vocations so that we can be helped to hear, see, and understand His good will, but those who rebel and ignore His gracious efforts toward us choose to cling to their transgressions. Such rebellion only brings damage and death.
May the Lord bless us with true humility and faithfulness so we may be brought into the work of His kingdom now and forever!
Prayer: O God, the Protector of all that trust in Thee, without Whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us Thy mercy; that Thou being our Ruler and Guide, we may so pass through things temporal. that we finally lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ, 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.
