Reading
SAA Notes
Luke records several times that Jesus ate at a Pharisee’s house. What should you learn from this? What lessons was Jesus teaching to his fellow guests in these parables?
SJA Notes
* God Above, please open our hearts to hearken to Your word today.
“But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
The idea of payment for generosity is one that needs our attention, to understand how it impacts our own lives.
This picture that Jesus gives here, this advice from our King, is to be generous where there is absolutely no earthly return.
To remember that we are not making an investment in a worthless fund.
No.
Let us be reminded of the heavenly realities, that which all scripture points us to.
Where is our treasure?
Are we investing in spiritual wealth that will be repaid when Jesus returned?
Don’t let the world be the end of what you invest in.
“… Because they cannot repay you.”
Let us be as our King calls us to be.
* Father God in Heaven,
Please help us be generous and lend expecting nothing in return.
Make us more like Jesus today, please dear God.
Amen.