Devotion for Wednesday, April 29, 2026

“They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.  What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others” (Mark 12:8-9).

Killing, or thinking about killing the problem never resolves anything.  Authority finally catches up with you.  Solving the problem of sin, greed, and avarice does require death, not to gain, but to overcome.  We must die to these things. The pollution of sin is in us all.  When we die to sin, what is gained is not what we imagine, but something better and beyond the pollution that sin brings, which clouds our thinking.

Lord, I do understand this small-thinking way of seeking to gain what I can never have.  Lead me through what You know I need to overcome in order that I may not look at the world as something to gain, but as Your creation.  Help me to learn to be content with my circumstances and gain the life You offer me through grace.  Guide me, Lord, in the way of everlasting life.

Lord Jesus, You were taken to the cross, but it was not done for Your gain.  It was Your willing sacrifice that we might gain the true inheritance.  Lead me away from this world’s way of thinking and into the truth You have come to reveal.  I am a steward and You have placed me where I can grow in Your image.   Guide me so that I may humbly follow You wherever You lead.  Amen.