‘Her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown Me much love.’ Luke 7:47 NLT
The Bible says: ‘One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him… When a certain immoral woman from that city heard He was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind Him at His feet, weeping. Her tears fell on His feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing His feet and putting perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know what kind of woman is touching Him. She’s a sinner!”’ (Luke 7:36–39 NLT)
Then Jesus answered his thoughts. What did Jesus tell this Pharisee? The same thing that He is saying to you today: your past does not disqualify you from worshipping God. ‘I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown Me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.’ (Luke 7:47 NLT)The depths of sin from which she had been lifted caused her to rise to heights in worship that this Pharisee couldn’t understand.
If there is a worship leader in Scripture, it’s David. Looking back, he writes: ‘I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit… and set my feet upon a rock… He has put a new song in my mouth—praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.’ (Psalm 40:1–3 NKJV)
So, the word for today is—you are qualified as a worshipper!
SoulFood: 2 Ki 7–9, Luke 14:1–14, Ps 136:13–26, Pro 6:32–35
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