MATTHEW 18:26-27

“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

TO PONDER

This servant in this story owed the king ten thousand bags of gold. Ten thousand. An eye-watering, un-fathomable and impossible sum of money. There is zero chance that this man has any ability to pay this amount in his lifetime. The king knows this, so the manager ordered that the man, with all the possessions and family he loves, to be sold and to become slaves. 

We also deserve this. 

Yet, this servant has the audacity to ask for a chance. Amazingly, he is given his freedom! Then promptly goes to crush his fellow servant for a trivial sum. This earns him torture in jail until he could pay it all back. (An endless amount of time. Sound familiar?)

But, we know what Jesus did to cancel our debts. Our compassionate King has this power if we ask for it.

PRAYER: Jesus, we deserve to pay our impossible debts, but your love frees us.

Today's devotion written by Joshua Simpfendorfer, LifeWay Westside.