Lenten Readings: Luke 17

Lenten Readings: The two-year Bible reading plan puts the Gospel accounts of Luke and John right between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Whether you're doing the reading plan or not, you can follow along on the blog and read daily meditations based on the accounts of Jesus, whose life and death we remember and cherish during this season of Lent. Check back every day starting on February 14 and until Easter Saturday.

Saturday, March 3, 2018
READ Luke 17
MEDITATE on Luke 17:10, "So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’" Much of popular sentiment would say you should never consider yourself "unworthy," but in the presence of God, have do you feel about that?

REFLECT
So many issues in our lives find their root in the same sin that Eve and Adam fell into: pride. The serpents appeal back in Genesis 3 was that if they ate the fruit, they would become like God. The battle for universal supremacy could be said to be between man and our God.

Jesus brings home both the fact that we are NOT on God's level and the fact that we are in relationship with Him. Our relationship should be as Creator God to created man. He is over us. Start with this and then how does the rest of our lives take their meaning and shape?

And when you add in that God so loved the world that He gave Jesus for us, it's not meant to boost our ego, but rather to affirm His goodness and grace. What should result is a sense of awe and thankfulness...that engenders an attitude of service to Him.

PRAY

Pray for a renewed sense of the proper orientation to God. Give Him glory today, and find your meaning and worth after that.