Today’s Reading: Genesis 44; Genesis 45; Genesis 46; Luke 18
Scripture: Luke 18:9-14
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'
13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
14 "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Observation: "God, have mercy on me, a sinner." This is one the prayer in the Bible that I most identify with.
Application: There are Pharisees, those who take pride in their religious adherence or their spirituality, and there are tax collectors, those who know they far fall short of God's expectations. As a believer, I have always leaned more toward the latter, even though I have lived a relatively clean-cut lifestyle. I thank God that he made me with a built-in awareness that I need him desperately.
Prayer: Father, I thank you that you have mercy on me and that you are saving me daily. Help me to make full proof of all that you have graced me with. I love you, Lord.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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