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Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Today’s Reading: James 1:16-21
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 23:1-22; Luke 12:13-34
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (James 1:17)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Luther’s Small Catechism says that God the Father “has given me…He gives me…He richly and daily provides me with all I need…” You can fill in the rest. James covered it all in one line in his epistle, but Luther thought it would be a good idea to put a list together, because it is too easy to forget everything that God provides.
It’s easy to think of your parents, your own paycheck, or your grandparents as the source of your clothes, your snacks and fun, and your Christmas and birthday gifts. But that’s how your Lord and God works, isn’t it? He provides for you through the work of those who have come into your life, to support your life in this world. But it doesn’t stop there; it goes beyond that.
In the creation of faith within you, He has made you His own creation, and His own hands in this world to provide for others. “Christ lives in me,” Paul says, and that’s what James agrees with here. You are the first fruits of God’s creatures, the one with a divine mark given in Holy Baptism, who goes out into this world as the light of Christ. But you never go alone; you are never a free agent in your works for those around you.
The Lord God has equipped you in every way possible for life in this sinful and broken world, and He has provided you with the means to learn even more about His love for you through His called and ordained servants, through the study of His Word, and i corporate worship with your fellow Christians. God your Father never changes. He is the unmoving rock of certainty in your life, the one always ready to hear your needs, and always ready to give you everything you need as you navigate the world around you that He has given.
Go forth joyfully in Jesus, knowing that He is beside you all the way, never abandoning you, and always providing you with all you need, especially the gift of salvation. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, In whom His world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms Has blest us on our way With countless gifts of love And still is ours today. (Now Thank We All Our God, LSB 895:1)
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By Higher Things®Today’s Reading: James 1:16-21
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 23:1-22; Luke 12:13-34
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (James 1:17)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Luther’s Small Catechism says that God the Father “has given me…He gives me…He richly and daily provides me with all I need…” You can fill in the rest. James covered it all in one line in his epistle, but Luther thought it would be a good idea to put a list together, because it is too easy to forget everything that God provides.
It’s easy to think of your parents, your own paycheck, or your grandparents as the source of your clothes, your snacks and fun, and your Christmas and birthday gifts. But that’s how your Lord and God works, isn’t it? He provides for you through the work of those who have come into your life, to support your life in this world. But it doesn’t stop there; it goes beyond that.
In the creation of faith within you, He has made you His own creation, and His own hands in this world to provide for others. “Christ lives in me,” Paul says, and that’s what James agrees with here. You are the first fruits of God’s creatures, the one with a divine mark given in Holy Baptism, who goes out into this world as the light of Christ. But you never go alone; you are never a free agent in your works for those around you.
The Lord God has equipped you in every way possible for life in this sinful and broken world, and He has provided you with the means to learn even more about His love for you through His called and ordained servants, through the study of His Word, and i corporate worship with your fellow Christians. God your Father never changes. He is the unmoving rock of certainty in your life, the one always ready to hear your needs, and always ready to give you everything you need as you navigate the world around you that He has given.
Go forth joyfully in Jesus, knowing that He is beside you all the way, never abandoning you, and always providing you with all you need, especially the gift of salvation. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, In whom His world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms Has blest us on our way With countless gifts of love And still is ours today. (Now Thank We All Our God, LSB 895:1)