Read
Luke 18:9-14
9 Jesus also told this parable to people who
were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else. 10“Once there were two men who went up to the Temple
to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.
11 “The Pharisee stood apart by himself and
prayed,w ‘I thank
you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody
else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there. 12I fast two days a week, and I give you a tenth of
all my income.’
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance
and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said,
‘God, have pity on me, a sinner!’ 14I tell you,” said Jesus, “the tax collector, and not
the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For all who make
themselves great will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be made
great.”
Think
I
suppose this section and yesterday’s should really go together. From verse 1-8 we learn to pray until
something happens. In verses 9-14 we
learn about how to pray and what to pray for.
Of the tax collector who recognised his own brokenness and need for help
he says:
“This
man went home justified.”
Pray
Lord,
as painful as it may be, I ask that you would justify me.
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