Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Today's Reading: Luke 16:1-13 Daily Lectionary: 1 Samuel 25:1-22; 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 You cannot serve God and money (Luke 1:13) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Yes, Jesus, we get it. We cannot serve God and money. If only it were that simple. The new you in Christ says a loud "Amen" to the word of Jesus that concludes the parable of the rich man and the shrewd manager. However, the old sinful you cannot say "Amen" to Jesus' conclusion. We are faithless in the management of much and very little. We love money and the security it brings. If only we had more. We serve money with our time and talent as if it were a god and not a gift from the One whose hand supplies all our needs of body and soul. We get it all backward: We live in service to money instead of recognizing that money serves us. So this parable becomes a call to repentance. Put to death the dishonesty and idolatry that dogs you day by day. We pray with saint/sinner David, "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to y