Daily Devotional 9-1-26
The Crowd Is Not Your Enemy
Reading: Romans 15:1-7 - We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Devotional: In Luke 5, the crowd blocking the door was not malicious. They were simply people who wanted the same thing -- to be near Jesus. Yet they became an unintentional obstacle. In life, the people who get in your way are often not against you. They are simply pursuing their own need. Paul writes in Romans 15 about bearing with one another and welcoming each other as Christ welcomed us. The call is not to resent the crowd but to find creative ways to move through it together. Grace sees the crowd differently.
Reflection: Is there someone you have been treating as an obstacle who is actually on the same journey as you?
Reading: Romans 15:1-7 - We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Devotional: In Luke 5, the crowd blocking the door was not malicious. They were simply people who wanted the same thing -- to be near Jesus. Yet they became an unintentional obstacle. In life, the people who get in your way are often not against you. They are simply pursuing their own need. Paul writes in Romans 15 about bearing with one another and welcoming each other as Christ welcomed us. The call is not to resent the crowd but to find creative ways to move through it together. Grace sees the crowd differently.
Reflection: Is there someone you have been treating as an obstacle who is actually on the same journey as you?
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