Blessed be the name of the Lord

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

Daily Thoughts 

February 3, 2025

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”

And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Luke 7:48, 50

Read: Luke 7:36-50 

I am intrigued by the order of events in today’s passage. First, an immoral woman heard Jesus was eating in the home of the Pharisee. 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. (v.37-38)

Next, the Pharisee, who saw the woman clothed in her former sinful life, objected to her touching Jesus. So Jesus tells a story, the point of which was Jesus saw the woman clothed in righteousness.

Interestingly, when Jesus describes the woman’s actions (v. 44-46), she was expressing love and adoration for Jesus first, before he forgave her sins.  Her actions were an expression of perfect worship; Jesus is worthy of our love and adoration because of who he is; not just for what he has done for us.

My Takeaway: This passage reminds me of the song, Blessed Be Your Name, by Matt Redman. A few of the lyrics:

 

Where Your streams of abundance flow, Blessed be Your name

When I'm found in the desert place, 

Though I walk through the wilderness

Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out, I'll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord, Still I will say, Blessed be the name of the Lord

When the sun's shining down on me, 

When the world's 'all as it should be', Blessed be Your name

On the road marked with suffering, 

Though there's pain in the offering, Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name 

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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