The Thursday after the First Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on June 26, 2025 by under
Scripture: St. Matthew 10:26-33 (NKJV)
10:26 “Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
27 “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.”
Devotion
As children of God, we are called to confess all that He has commanded. We are to do the work and fulfill the callings that He has given us according to His Spirit and Word. We have the privilege of being called together in remembrance of the holy Sabbath rest in the Divine Service, where He renews us with teaching and strengthens us with His Holy Supper. But as we receive that Word in our ear and that holy food on our tongue, we are to then go forth and show His Gospel blessings in all aspects of our life.
Satan despises it when we fulfill our vocations. The enemy taught our first parents to do what seemed right in their own eyes. Suffering and death came from their self-centered weakness. Disciples of the enemy continue to hate God’s work and truth. They hate us if we try to speak or do the things that our Lord has taught us. They hate good order and faithful service that comes from God. And if they can’t kill our bodies they try to poison our souls with their vain treachery.
Our Savior comforts us, saying we are not to fear the enemy. We fear, love, and trust in our merciful Lord above all things, because He first loved us by the grace of Christ crucified. By His Spirit we are given strength to live and confess His truth!
Collect: O God, the Strength of all them that put their trust in Thee: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without Thee, grant us the help of Thy grace, that in keeping Thy commandments we may please Thee, both in will and deed; 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.
