VERSE FOR TODAY: ON hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Mark 2:17, New International Version).
HYMN FOR TODAY: "My Faith Has Found a Resting Place"
A friend of mine once told me about a project that he had been preparing at work. He was just about to take it to present to the board of directors, and he could hardly wait to hear their response. When I saw him again after the meeting, he was a very different person. The board had voted down his proposal with only minimal consideration. I asked him if he tried to convince them, but he said, "How could I? They just didn't get it."
It can certainly be said that many people who were alive during Jesus's time on earth "just didn't get it." But I am impressed by the fact that Jesus didn't give up on them or on sinner of other types. He went out of His way to make His message and purpose clear. Some people realized their need for Him and others didn't, but He offered salvation to all.
Is there anyone in your life that you've written off as hopeless? Maybe you even feel that way about yourself. Read today's verse again, and this time put your name and the name of the "hopeless" person you know in place of the word sinners. Does that make clearer why Jesus came? Does it make clearer the message we should give others?
PRAYER THOUGHTS: Our Father, thank You for caring so much for us, even while we were sinners, that You sent Your Son to the world with the purpose of calling us to You. Help us to live our lives in thankfulness, making the same call to those around us. Amen.
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