Daily Devotional

Indeed, to be a Christian is to have Christ living in you. It is the presence of Christ within a person that makes them a new creation. When Christ is in you, your approach to life, your behaviour, thoughts, likes, desires, indeed, everything about you should reflect Christ. There should be nothing in you that is contrary to Christ.

Jesus says, “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away.” In convenient terms, Jesus is saying that all sexual sins have root causes; they do not happen in a vacuum. Something always leads to something before that big something happens. Your right eye is something you often take for granted or consider as usual, but then, it has the potential of landing you in sin.

Today, Jesus wants us to know He is more pleased with our reconciliation with others than our offerings. Just as our gifts to God are expensive, forgiveness is also costly. Forgiving others can be painful if the person refuses to acknowledge their fault. However, this pain is worth it because it is pleasing to God and it purifies our hearts from unnecessary burdens.