- Today's Devotional
The Pit
Jesus uses a simple picture everyone will understand. In Israel, roads are lined with rocks, ravines, and deep pits. A blind person cannot safely lead another blind person through this rugged terrain. If both are unable to see, both will end up in the pit. Jesus is not only talking about physical blindness. He is exposing a spiritual problem that affects everyone—blindness to one’s sin, pride, and unhealthy patterns while noticing the faults of others. Left to themselves, anyone can walk into the pitfalls of life...
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Worshiping God’s Holiness
Psalm 96 portrays all of creation awake to God’s majesty, acknowledging him as their King. The earth sings. The heavens rejoice. The seas and trees resound with joy. All people are compelled to respond to the Lord’s holiness. While Israel's neighbors worship gods made of carved stone and hammered silver, who cannot act or speak, Israel’s God speaks, creates, and reigns. The psalmist calls everyone—every nation and creature—to drop the lesser things and declare his glory, worshiping his holiness. The Lord is the only one worthy and able to judge rightly. His presence and his intent to right all wrongs elicit the joyful abandon of his creation. Nothing and no one holds back worship...
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The Foundation
Jesus closes his sermon with one final picture. He compares two builders. One digs deep and builds his house on solid rock. The other builds directly on the shifting ground with no foundation. When the storm comes, the house built on the rock stands firm, while the house without a foundation collapses. This illustration brings together everything Jesus has been teaching. He opens blind eyes to the pitfalls of sin. Hearts rooted in him produce good fruit. And a life that obeys his words is a life built on the unshakeable foundation of Christ...
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The Fruit
Fruit orchards and vineyards cover the hillside of Israel. After warning his disciples about spiritual blindness and pitfalls, Jesus gives another picture to consider. Everyone knows that healthy trees produce good fruit, while unhealthy trees do not. Figs come from fig trees and grapes grow on healthy vines. In the same way, Jesus explains how words and actions reveal what is growing in the hearts of his listeners. Good fruit—God-honoring words and actions—grow from a heart that is rooted in God and his Word...
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The Pit
Jesus uses a simple picture everyone will understand. In Israel, roads are lined with rocks, ravines, and deep pits. A blind person cannot safely lead another blind person through this rugged terrain. If both are unable to see, both will end up in the pit. Jesus is not only talking about physical blindness. He is exposing a spiritual problem that affects everyone—blindness to one’s sin, pride, and unhealthy patterns while noticing the faults of others. Left to themselves, anyone can walk into the pitfalls of life...
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Solid or Shaky
Large crowds follow Jesus wherever he goes. Some hope to be healed. Some are curious about his miracles or teachings. People from every aspect of life gather. Many expect the coming Messiah to rescue them from Roman rule. Instead, Jesus comes to offer something far greater—rescue from sin and a new way of living. As he finishes the Sermon on the Plain (found in Luke 6:17-49 ), Jesus challenges the crowd to do more than admire his words. He calls them to build their lives on the truth of who he is by listening and then putting his words into practice, because he knows storms will come.
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Heavenly Worship
The book of Revelation is a prophetic letter written by John, one of Jesus’s first followers. This letter encourages believers’ faithfulness now through truths about the future. Jesus’s identity, mission, and work—particularly his triumph over sin and evil—are to embolden believers now, as they realize that Jesus has conquered their greatest enemies. The letter hinges with this throne room scene in chapter four, where John envisions a gathering of living creatures and twenty-four elders offering ceaseless praise to God—the One who is worthy of all glory, honor, and power.
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Be Ready
Jesus finishes this parable with a simple command: stay ready. Wedding banquets often run long into the night, so servants who wait up for their master's return need their belts cinched and their robes tucked, dressed for action rather than settled in for sleep. Their lamps stay lit so they can see and be seen the moment a knock sounds at the door. The master might return long after midnight. Nobody knows the hour, so the faithful servant stays alert the entire night through, lamp burning, ready to fling the door open the instant he hears his master's voice.
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The Serving Master
The master finally comes home. The servants welcome him in, expecting to serve him as always. Instead, he tells them to recline at the table while he serves them. No master serves like this, but this one does. This would be shocking to Jesus's listeners; nothing like it had been seen before. Jesus would soon demonstrate this himself. At his last meal with the disciples before the cross, he settles their argument over who is greatest with these words, "I am among you as one who serves" ( Luke 22:27 ). The master they've been waiting for is a serving master, and he invites his followers into that same posture.
