Luke 11:27-28
And it became in His teaching in this place, some voice of a
woman out of the crowd said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and
blessed are the breasts at which you nursed!”
But He said, “No! Rather, blessed
are the ones who hear the Word of God and who keep watch over it.”
Thoughts for Today
First Thought:
Some random unknown woman yells out a blessing upon Mary’s
womb and her breasts. Have you ever
known someone to have their own agenda and they say things that either aren’t
appropriate or at the very least clearly miss the mark of the moment? That is what is going on here. This woman has her own agenda. She wants to draw attention to Mary. Who knows, maybe she was an early feminist
and wanted to show the importance of Mary’s part in rearing Jesus. Of course, Mary certainly played a very
important part. But the focus should be
on God and His work in the world.
Have you ever lost focus?
When are you likely to have something take precedence in your life ahead
of God and His work?
Second Thought:
In correcting the woman, Jesus reminds us that our place of
starting is in listening. We need to
take a posture of being willing to hear.
We need to accept that we don’t know everything. We need to accept that we have something to
learn. We need to accept that when we
orient ourselves to hear God we will be blessed.
Do you listen well?
When are you willing to listen?
When are you slow to listen? How
have you been blessed by hearing the Word of the Lord?
Third Thought:
However, hearing is not the end of the
story. Hearing is the beginning of the
story. We don’t just hear; we keep watch
over what we’ve heard. In other words,
we meditate on it. We think about
it. We process it. We make it a part of who we are. We let it convict us and encourage us. Here we see one of the main ways that the
word of the Lord leads to our blessing.
Where is the Word of the Lord changing
your life? Where are you processing and
meditating on the Word of God?
Passage
for Tomorrow: Luke 11:29-32
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