Thoughts for another day

July 16, 2008

Today's verse: Lk. 7:47. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

The wisdom of the Son of Man in defending us miserable sinners is amazing. No man can stand before it nor challenge it. In fact, just when we think we have an extremely plausible response, God dares us to refute the logic in what He has done. When Job stuck to his innocence and expressed regrets about his birth and the way God had been unfair, God tells him, ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?’ and then smacks him with such tremendous knowledge that Job is forced to shut up and accept his littleness. We see the same even with Abraham, when he tries to negotiate the non-destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah rather than just plead for Lot’s life.

In our verse for today, we see Jesus sitting at the learned Pharisee’s home for a meal and how this sinful woman does her oblations with the perfumed ointment. When the Pharisee mulls about the impropriety of Jesus accepting the woman who was sinful, Jesus from his own mouth brings about the reason as to why He accepts the woman. Truly, the reason is so touching and He sums it up with the Words of today’s verse.

When we try to apply that saying of Jesus in our lives, we can actually feel Him pick us up from the muck we are in. You know my friend, when He bends down to pick us up with our dirt and our warts, satan finds fault and accuses us, questioning Him or rather telling Jesus how he has conquered our lives. Yet the Son of Man refutes Him saying, I have shed My blood for him and My blood has washed him clean. With that He shuts satan’s mouth.

He is so precious and beloved, The One who has shed His blood and died for us. Yes, many will be the occasions, when we pierce His heart with our fallacies. But my friend, those many times will He bend down and look into our eyes and say, ‘I love you My child, even as you are…’