Friday: Hospitality
The Gospel for Every Day
Each day, we slow down to align our hearts with God’s Rhythms of Grace.
This series, we examine the portrait of the Extraordinarily Ordinary Christian Life.
This week, we meditate on the theme of Hospitality throughout Scripture.
Today’s Scripture
As if the dignity of every human were not reason enough, the writer of Hebrews commends hospitality for a strange reason we often overlook. Like Abraham, who welcomed three strangers, we may not know at the time the significance of what we are doing when we show hospitality.
Reading slowly, let God convict you by his truth and overwhelm you by his grace in Christ.
Hebrews 13:2, Genesis 18:1-8
Hebrews 13
2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Genesis 18
18 And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth 3 and said, “O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. 4 Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, 5 while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.” 6 And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.” 7 And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared it quickly. 8 Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
Gospel Meditation
Prayerfully meditate on the Scripture you just read using the rhythm Look Up, Look In, Look Out:
Look Up: What does this reveal about God?
Look In: What does this reveal about me?
Look Out: Where is Christ leading me today?
Closing Prayer
Inspired by Luke 7:36-50
Father,
Thank you for being the one who forgives sins and cancels debt,
My sins are many, and my debt to you is great
I repent and receive your forgiveness
Help me today to live in light of this great forgiveness
Help me to love, forgive, and welcome others like Jesus, in whose name I pray,
Amen
