Daily Devotional

Jesus emphasised the “least” of my brethren. Respect those who cannot defend themselves. For instance, the unborn babies, your workers (employees), and service providers (cooks, labourers, etc.). God says, “The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.” How can you owe your workers their wages, and while lying to them that things are hard, you spend millions at nightclubs and spray dollars at your friends’ parties

Jesus was about to begin his public ministry, to pull souls from the devil’s captivity; it was too much of a threat to the devil, and so he had to try his best to make Jesus change his mind. The devil was basically trying to make Jesus achieve glory by a shortcut; to jump from baptism straight to ascension, without having to go through the process of preaching, touching the lives of people, and especially the arrest, the trial, and the cross. (The devil knew that he would be finally defeated on that cross, and he tried to make Jesus jump over it). This is why, when Peter suggested to Jesus that the cross would never happen, Jesus didn’t waste time using the same words he used during the temptation: “Get behind me, Satan.”

Remove from you the “pointing of the finger and speaking of evil.” Refrain from behaving as the devil described in Revelation as “the accuser of our brethren” (Rev. 12:10). Unlike the Pharisees, who murmured, Levi knew he needed a physician. Later on, Jesus would say: “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.” (Matthew 21:31-32). Rather than exerting your energy on pointing fingers at others, become the change you want to see in others.