Sunday 20 Mar 2022

March 20: Luke 13:1-9

Key Verse: Luke 13:4
Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them – do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

Devotion:
When we see something bad happening to bad people, we probably think “they had it coming!” But, when we see bad things happening to good people we tend to think “how could something bad happen to them!” We allow our judgment of the people around us influence what we think should or should not happen to them. The truth is we all have a chance at bad things happening to us no matter where we are in life.

But when we stay close to God, we have a good chance of goods things happening… if we are willing to stop and listen to God. It does not matter what we have in our pasts, we all will end up in the same physical position to the people around us; how we view the circumstances will make us think about things in a different light than the person standing next to us!

When we don’t listen to God and go about things in our own selfish ways, we can expect the same things to happen to us as with people who don’t listen to their leaders. God allowed His Son to come and give us a way of having our sins forgiven once and for all; but if we are not willing to believe this or to accept it, then we should not expect our sins to be forgiven even if we are hanging out with Christians and going to church!

Jesus made sure the people knew how just God is; no matter how much we go to church, sacrifice for ourselves, do good things or any other acts, if we do not believe Jesus came to pay for our sin debt on the cross, then we should not expect anything more than the non-believers and sinners around us! And, just because things don’t go right the first time round, does not mean we should give up and do earthly things instead. God may be waiting for us to be patient and show our belief...

Points to Ponder:
Do you judge others by what they do?

Will you allow God to guide you in your choices?