Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Luke chapter 10 verses 30 through 35:
30Jesus said, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.33But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.”
“I will repay you.”
What a tremendous, yet little-recognized statement in this well-known parable. Those words, “I will repay you,” should give full shape to how we live and all that we do for one another. They should shape our personal lives and also our public policy.
No thing large or small — not even a single cup of cold water — will go unnoticed or unreimbursed. We will be repaid. He’s given us his promise. He has told us to take care of each other, to tend, and to house, and to watch over, and to accept his word as his bond. “I will repay you.”
And indeed, every time I’ve ever said yes to this call for care it’s been true. I’ve been repaid ten fold in friendships, and joys, and good feelings about what I’ve done or been a part of doing — and in the age to come, eternal life.
He will repay us. He already has repaid us; and he will again.
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