We hear a lot nowadays about our National Debt and how much money each person would have to cough up if it was time to pay. Today's reading (Matthew 18:21-19:12) gives us a clue about an even bigger debt we've owed. And if I let the word soak in, it is a story of amazing grace.
In Matthew 18, when the king said it was time to pay up, one slave owed him 10,000 talents. My notes say that a talent is 15 years of wages for a laborer. The man owed 150,000 years of income! Can you believe that this man said he would pay all, and begged for mercy (as opposed to having all he had including family sold)? Then the king actually forgave him the entire debt.
But this debt is barely a drop in the bucket compared to what we owe God. We belonged to Him as His creation from the start. But when we crossed over into enemy territory through sin (and we all did), He bought us back with the death of His very own Son. No money in all world compares to that price. And as we turn from this life of sin back to Him, He forgives it all.
How grateful we should be for amazing grace. Grateful enough to forgive all petty debts or even big sins that others commit against us. My Father truly forgave my impossible debt.
Readings this week:
M- Matthew 18:-20
T- Matthew 18:21-19:12
W - Matthew 19:13-30
Th - Matthew 20:1-19
F - Matthew 20:20-34
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