EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/12/2026
9:36 PM
My
Worship Time
Focus: “His Great
Humility”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
7:6-7a
Message of the verses: “Now Jesus started on His way
with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends,
saying to Him, ‘Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for
You to come under my roof; for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy
to come to You,”
“One of the marks of a genuine disciple of Jesus
Christ is the acknowledgment of spiritual bankruptcy (6:20) and accompanying
humility that the centurion displayed.
His view of himself was radically different from that of the Jewish
elders. After agreeing to heal the
centurion’s servant (Matt. 8:7), Jesus started on His way with the
elders and a large crowd of curious onlookers, eager to see yet another miracle
(Luke 7:9). When they were not
far from the house, the centurions sent word for the Lord to come no
nearer.
“His desperation had prompted his
emotional request for Jesus to come and heal his slave. But he had become increasingly convicted of
his utter sinful and felt unworthy to have Jesus enter his house. Unlike the proud, self-righteous Jewish
elders, he was too ashamed of himself and his sinfulness to be in Jesus’
presence. His attitude is reminiscent of
Peter, who exclaimed, ‘Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!’ (Luke 5:8), and the tax collector, who ‘was
even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast,
saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’’(Luk3 18:13).
“Accordingly, the centurion sent a
second delegation to Jesus, this one consisting of his friends, saying to
Him through them, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further. Skullo (trouble) means, ‘to be
bothered,’ ‘annoyed,’ or ‘agitated.’ He
understood that his sin was an affront to Jesus’ holiness, but did not yet
fully understand His provision of grace and mercy. All he knew was that he was not worthy
for the Lord to come under his roof. In fact, it was because of his sense of
sinfulness and unworthiness that he did not even consider himself worthy
to come to Jesus in the first place.
He was a true penitent, with a broken and contrite heart that the Lord
would not despise (Ps. 51:17).” “17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a
broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”
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9:54 PM
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