DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 17; Job 20; Matt. 9:18-38
Thou gavest me no water for my feet…thou gavest me no kiss…my head with oil thou didst not anoint. Luke 7:44-46
Simon had the Lord right in his home! Yet he gave Him no personal attention, not even the common courtesies of the day. He missed a wonderful opportunity because his heart was not in the right condition. This too can be the case at the Lord’s Supper. He is there in our midst and yet sometimes we have nothing to offer, not even, “Thank you Lord, for saving my soul.” Like Simon we can almost ignore the Saviour. May we see Him with the eye of faith, remember how He has forgiven us, and at what cost, and lavish all our love upon Him in praise and worship. —Carl Knott
If now, with eyes defiled and dim, we see the signs, but see not Him;
O, may His love the scales displace, and bid us see Him face to face!
—Charles H. Spurgeon