Today's Readings: OT - Genesis 10 / NT - Matthew 9:1-17
"For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?" - Matthew 9:5
Which is easier for the auto industry, to build a slick looking exterior or create a powerful but energy efficient engine? Yet, for a good many customers, the exterior is what catches their interest first and foremost. They tend to forget; slick looks won't get you home at night, but a good running engine will. It's what's inside that counts.
Some good friends brought a paralyzed man to Jesus for physical healing. They wanted his body to be strong and healthy. But, Jesus looked at the deeper and greater need. While it's easier to heal inactive muscles; a healthy body won't get you home to heaven, but a forgiven healthy soul will. It's what's inside that counts.
Are you looking for God to do great things for your health and wealth? Will everything be much better if all the tangibles are improved and you're wading in an abundance of material blessings? Remember well the words of our Lord in Matthew 6:19-21: "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." With life and eternity, it's what's inside that counts.
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