Before we look at Luke 10, I would like to ask you for
special prayer today as I will be on the road traveling from my home in Sneads
Ferry NC down to Savannah GA. Tonight I’m speaking in a mission’s conference at
Countryside Baptist Church for my pastor friend, Rick Flowers. Please pray for
traveling mercies and for people to respond to my plea for prayer partners for the
pastors in India. The Lord has laid it on my heart to connect 600 prayer
partners to 600 specific pastors that are a part of our fellowship there. You
are invited to join this team of prayer partners too. Thank you for your prayers
today!
There are so many lessons for us to learn from the story
that Jesus told to the lawyer here in Luke 10. One of the first things that I couldn’t
help but notice is the number of times that the word “certain” is used in this
brief story. “A certain lawyer” (v. 25). “A certain man” (v. 30). “A certain
priest” (v. 31). “A certain Samaritan” (v. 33).
Jesus seems to zero in on very specific individuals and the
attitudes or actions that they exhibit in this passage.
This should remind us that the Lord Jesus always has His eyes
on each one of us in every aspect of our lives. Psalm 139:1-10 describes how
detailed this “look” of Jesus is: “O LORD, You have searched me and known
me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar
off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my
ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it
altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. Such
knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. Where can I
go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into
heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I
take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even
there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.”
We should never forget this “look” of Jesus upon us. He is
interested in every detail of our lives. He not only knows who we are and what
we are doing, He knows our attitudes and motives behind our actions. This
should both scare us and encourage us. I believe that this is what the “fear of
the Lord” is about in the Bible. It means that we have a constant and
continuous awareness of the presence of the Lord in our lives! This awareness
should motivate us to run from evil. Give us courage in the face of danger.
Fill us with faith and hope in the midst of difficult circumstances. And it
should cause us to be in awe of His glory and fall on our face and worship Him.
Take time today to look at each of these “certain” people; the
lawyer asking the question; the man on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho;
the priest who went to the other side; and the Samaritan who came where the
dying man was and had compassion on him.
Today, I’m convinced you are that “certain” individual that
Jesus has His eyes on! What will He find you thinking and doing?
God bless!
