Don't Compare

Devotion by: Scott Wainner

Matthew 11:16-19
¹⁶ ‘But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to one another,
¹⁷“We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not mourn.”
¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He has a demon”; ¹⁹the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’

Jesus is making a point to the people of the nation that we can justify any action we want through rationalization. In the absence of a divine truth, we can declare every action, word spoken, or thought as morally right. However, the divine truth does exist in the Word of God provided to us such that we may have a framework to live a life of integrity and moral righteousness He expects us to learn and live by that law. Only by the power of the Holy Spirit and the forgiveness given through Jesus Christ can we hope to live by His Word.

Prayer: May God grant us the wisdom to discern His will, the strength to live by His law, and the love to share with others. Through Him all things are possible. Amen.