Isaiah 37-38
Colossians 3
“Then [Jesus] turned towards the woman and said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman?’” Luke 7:44
Sometimes, we can see something, but not truly see what is really there. Simon the Pharisee invited Jesus into his home for dinner. But halfway through the evening, a sinful woman crashed the party, weeping and using her tears to wash Jesus’s feet. In the midst of all that was happening, Simon secretly judged not only the woman, but also Jesus.
Knowing Simon’s heart, Jesus asked him, “Do you see this woman?” (Luke 7:44). This was a strange question to ask, because of course, Simon saw the woman. Yet, what Jesus was doing was calling the attention of Simon, and probably all of the guests, to fix their eyes on this woman. We may wonder what was the tone behind Jesus’s question, but regardless of the inflection that Jesus used, what He wanted to know from Simon was, “What do you see? How do you see? What eyes do you see with? Do you see correctly?” For Simon, what he saw was a woman who lived a sinful life, a piece of garbage who was not fit to even touch him, let alone be in his house.
Jesus then told a parable, “Two people owed money to a certain money-lender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” (Luke 7:41-42). The question that Jesus asked revealed a deeper problem in Simon’s life. Not only did Simon not see the woman correctly, he did not even see Jesus correctly. If Simon was to see God correctly, he would have been drawn to Jesus, because Jesus was the physical manifestation of the invisible God.
What was ironic was that Simon viewed himself as the morally superior one, but was the one who completely missed God in his midst. This text points to the alarming reality that we can know the Bible, like the Pharisees, and we can even live a moral upright life, but have Jesus in our homes, standing in front of us, and completely miss the purpose and work of God.
The truth of the fact and matter is that, often just an improper vision of others; it stems from an improper vision of who Jesus is and how He is at work in the world. May we ask God to give us a proper vision of Himself, so that we can see others as He sees them.
Lord Jesus, please humble my heart and give me a proper vision of You. May I see You for who You truly are and see others as You see them. Thank You, Lord.
Colossians 3
“Then [Jesus] turned towards the woman and said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman?’” Luke 7:44
Sometimes, we can see something, but not truly see what is really there. Simon the Pharisee invited Jesus into his home for dinner. But halfway through the evening, a sinful woman crashed the party, weeping and using her tears to wash Jesus’s feet. In the midst of all that was happening, Simon secretly judged not only the woman, but also Jesus.
Knowing Simon’s heart, Jesus asked him, “Do you see this woman?” (Luke 7:44). This was a strange question to ask, because of course, Simon saw the woman. Yet, what Jesus was doing was calling the attention of Simon, and probably all of the guests, to fix their eyes on this woman. We may wonder what was the tone behind Jesus’s question, but regardless of the inflection that Jesus used, what He wanted to know from Simon was, “What do you see? How do you see? What eyes do you see with? Do you see correctly?” For Simon, what he saw was a woman who lived a sinful life, a piece of garbage who was not fit to even touch him, let alone be in his house.
Jesus then told a parable, “Two people owed money to a certain money-lender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” (Luke 7:41-42). The question that Jesus asked revealed a deeper problem in Simon’s life. Not only did Simon not see the woman correctly, he did not even see Jesus correctly. If Simon was to see God correctly, he would have been drawn to Jesus, because Jesus was the physical manifestation of the invisible God.
What was ironic was that Simon viewed himself as the morally superior one, but was the one who completely missed God in his midst. This text points to the alarming reality that we can know the Bible, like the Pharisees, and we can even live a moral upright life, but have Jesus in our homes, standing in front of us, and completely miss the purpose and work of God.
The truth of the fact and matter is that, often just an improper vision of others; it stems from an improper vision of who Jesus is and how He is at work in the world. May we ask God to give us a proper vision of Himself, so that we can see others as He sees them.
Lord Jesus, please humble my heart and give me a proper vision of You. May I see You for who You truly are and see others as You see them. Thank You, Lord.
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