Morning Office Saturday, September 7

Morning Office Sept 7

Part 1 Sept 7 Morning Office

Part 2 Sept 7 Morning Office

Daily Dalgo

Daily Dalgo                                                                                                                               September 7, 2013

That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons.  And the whole 

city was gathered together at the door.  And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and 

cast out many demons… [many days pass] And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors 

and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.  And the 

scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his 

disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”  And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, 

“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.  I came not to call the 

righteous, but sinners.” -Mark 1:32-34, 2:15-17

There are two big issues that jump out to me from these verses.  I’ll address one today and the other 

tomorrow.  First, if we consider ourselves well, then we place ourselves outside of Jesus’ reach.  It is the 

sick who need a doctor.  Therefore if I am to come to the Great Physician, I must come on the basis of 

my need.  I don’t come offering him anything good of myself.  Even my coming is an acknowledgement 

of my own deficits.  One of my favorite pastor/writers was a man named Jack Miller.  He used 

illustrations to show how, as we grow in our understanding of our own brokenness and need, we grow 

in our appreciation for the awesome power of the cross.  When I make my sin out to be a small thing, 

then Jesus and his work appear small.  But when I recognize the depth of my lostness, I can begin to 

understand the infinite power and grace that he unleashed on the cross.