VERSE OF THE DAY

Saturday

Isaiah 1:16-17 Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless.

Do you find it easy to replace service to those in need with religious rituals?  I know I do! But God wants us to not get so caught up in talking about Him and celebrating His deeds, that we forget we're supposed to care for others like He does. Whether it is Jesus defining His ministry in Luke 4:18-19 or James talking about the kind of piety that pleases God (1:26-27), we must realize true faith is treating others as God would. Today's verse defines what God does and asks us to live the same.

PRAYER ... O Great God of all comfort, open my eyes today to see those who need Your love and give me the attentiveness, time, and compassion to serve them. May Jesus' work be seen in my life today. Amen.