DAILY READINGS: Gen. 29; Job 38-39; Matt. 15:29 to 16:12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Romans 8:12
As creatures we are debtors to our Creator. As sinners we are debtors to God’s mercy. As believers we are no longer debtors to God’s justice because Christ paid the debt on our behalf. I owed a debt I could not pay. He paid that debt with His precious blood on the cross. God will not demand payment twice, first at my Saviour's bleeding hands and then again at mine. Conscious of the great debt He paid on our behalf, we should offer ourselves a living sacrifice, not to repay the debt but in an attitude of deep gratitude and worship. —Milton Haack
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. —Martin Luther