(Judges 9:1-21) Though it wouldn’t seem so easily seen in this passage of scripture, what spoke to me is that of being a servant. It is very easy for us to want to be in control of, at the very least, our own lives but sometimes we seek to wield control over others. As followers of Christ, He gave us the example of servanthood, and that is the example we are to following. We are even called to be servants when we are in positions of leadership, this is how great of a calling we have to servanthood.

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(Luke 7:36-50) A quick note for today. It’s amazing how especially as men our logic gets in the way. The kind of love that Christ calls us to is really beyond what logic can understand. When the sinful woman wept at Jesus feet and washed them with her tears Simon the Pharisee began using his logic to make judgement about who Christ was. In those times the religious figures didn’t associate with people like that woman, so logic would deduce that Christ wasn’t who he said he was. However, what Jesus offered was forgiveness, and that forgiveness and love went against the norm of that time, and usually against norms in general.

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(Matthew 1:1-17) What is normally pointed out in this passage is the strange fact that Matthew includes 4 women in the geanology of Christ. These 4 women weren’t the most prostegious women in the line either. No one knows for sure why they were included, except to perhaps point out that God can use anyone to carry out his plan.

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(2 Corinthians 12:7-10) As Paul saw clearly, we are all weak, and it’s through our weakness that we see our need for grace and the salvation the comes through Christ. If we didn’t have failures, if we were always perfect people, there would be no need for grace, Christ would have died for nothing. This isn’t an endorsement for our weakness, it doesn’t mean that it is ok for us to live in weakness. The amazing thing however is that God strength is what will shine through our weaknesses.

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