Friday March 8, 2024
Luke 7:44
“Do you see this woman? . . . You gave me no water for my feet, but she
has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.”
The Lord looked upon the heart, both of the woman and of Simon.
He also looks at your heart.
What does He see? Would you like to know what Jesus thinks about your innermost attitude of heart?
We all have some friends and acquaintances.
We meet some people on the street, greet them, stop and talk. And think it very congenial. Then we say good-bye. And think no more about them until we chance to meet again on some other street corner. Thus it is with our acquaintances.
But our friends—well, it is not certain that we meet them much oftener. But we do call them by telephone and write to them. And think of them every day.
God has many acquaintances. They appreciate the opportunity of visiting with Him on Sunday mornings in church and occasionally also in their homes, when they have time. But as soon as the visit is over they think no more of Him until they meet Him again the next Sunday in church.
With God’s friends it is entirely different.
It is true that they are never wealthy. As a rule they are in poor and humble circumstances. Oftentimes they can only do what the woman in the house of Simon did: Weep. They weep because of their sins. They as she. But that they are friends of Jesus becomes clearly evident to God and to others. They cannot live without Jesus. And they creep to His feet with all their sins and all their needs.
Moreover, Jesus helped Simon also. He helped him to see himself in his true light. And to see Jesus.
This put him where he had to choose. Would he acknowledge that he was only an acquaintance of Jesus, and not His friend?
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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