Jesus Answered Him

Scripture – Luke 7:40-43: 40Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. 41“Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

Reflection: This is interesting. In vs. 39, this Pharisee “said to himself” some things about the woman who was touching Jesus. As he was thinking these things, “Jesus answered him.”

First, He called him by name – Simon. Second, I wonder if Simon even knew Jesus was responding to his thoughts. From his perspective, it looks like Jesus is just telling him a random story about forgiveness and love.

It’s hard to draw much of a lesson today because this little story is the bridge between yesterday and tomorrow. Suffice it to say, Jesus knows me from the inside out. Sometimes the seemingly random things in life are His way of teaching me a lesson I need to learn. I’ll pay attention today. As life unfolds, how might He be teaching me this day? To what inner thoughts or attitudes might He be responding?