Scripture Reading
Hebrews 5:8
Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
Reflection
This is one of the most theologically dense sentences in the New Testament: the eternal Son of God learned obedience through suffering. Not despite it, but through it. Our own sufferings and disciplines, offered to God in faith, can participate in this same school. Lent is not about earning anything — it is about allowing hardship to teach us what ease cannot.
Prayer for Today
Father God, Thou art the only true God and Thou art the only God men have ever been taught about, Who condescends to love His people as a father.
Help us, O God, to be obedient children, but help us also to cast out of our hearts and minds all things that might hinder us in a whole and holy love for Thee.
As Thou didst love the world, help us to love. As Thou didst give Thyself for us, help us to give ourselves for Thee.
For Christ's sake,
Amen.
Help us, O God, to be obedient children, but help us also to cast out of our hearts and minds all things that might hinder us in a whole and holy love for Thee.
As Thou didst love the world, help us to love. As Thou didst give Thyself for us, help us to give ourselves for Thee.
For Christ's sake,
Amen.
Amen.