Sunday Reflection (February 18, 2024)
Jesus kept God’s covenant and decrees perfectly and enacted loving kindness toward others (Mark 1:12-15). How does he respond to us who flounder? Is Jesus like us when we have done something right, and we expect others to do it too perfectly? Peter tells us otherwise: The innocent sufferings of Christ lead the unrighteous to God (1 Peter 3:18).
Being brought into communion with God and one another through Jesus Christ, allows the Holy Spirit to drive you to the enactment of faithful, loving kindness towards others as a response to God’s faithful, loving kindness to us. Hear these encouraging words: “All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees. For your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great” (Psalm 25:10-11).
