Daily Devotional

If Jesus could accept baptism to fulfil all righteousness, it means there is no room for the mediocre Christian in heaven. We must avoid spiritual minimalism. Don’t just try to do your best; strive for sainthood. Be exceptional at everything you do. Challenge yourself each day to be better, holier and wiser. Never settle for less. As Jesus admonishes us: “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48)

If making money stops you from your daily prayers or from attending church as you normally would, if you find yourself doing things that go against your conscience to make money, the truth is that money has become your master. If, as a minister, you only attend to members of your flock who are rich and ignore those who seem to have nothing to offer, then money is your master.

Like the steward who had to let go of what would have come to him as profit, Jesus is telling us today to make sacrifices, to let go of the vain things and fleeting pleasures of life for the greater good of making heaven. Our attachment to wealth and material possessions often obstructs the practice of our Christian virtues.