With A Tender Touch

JANUARY 19, 2022
Daily Reading – Genesis 35-37 / Matthew 12:1-37

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Matthew 12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

      Have you ever heard the phrase, “You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar?” Solomon said it this way in Proverbs 15:1 “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”

     This is the principal Jesus used in His ministry as well. One rough touch on a bruised reed will break it. Smoking flax was the wick of a lamp when it had no more oil, and the embers of a flame could be snuffed out if handled wrong. Jesus, with tender love and skill will uplift the broken and weak and kindle a flame with the oil of the Holy Spirit in lives even today.

     We too must be gentle with the tender hearts, the bruised lives, and a flame barely burning that are brought our way. 

WHAT DO YOU SAY:

    What soft word or kind gesture might we share
to give people a new, real life?

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                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12