Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 16:15 (New Living Translation)

Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

Put the last sentence of this verse under that tag “#IknowthisfromJesusbutIhateit.”

Surely Jesus didn’t know what he was saying. Surely this is a bad translation. Surely there are things that the world, especially me, honors that are not detestable in the sight of God. Surely the worldly honors I seek are highly esteemed by God.

Right? Can I get an Amen to any of that? No, I can’t, and I don’t deserve an Amen because I am wrong.

Jesus said it and meant it, and it is up to me to deal with it in my prideful pursuit of worldly honors.