Biweekly Devotional 2-10-2026

Published by Pastor Harry Zuraski in Biweekly Devotional · Tuesday 10 Feb 2026 · 1:45
Tags: Biweekly, Devotional

Matthew 7:12

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

As I was preparing for this week’s devotionals my mind went to the Golden Rule. We were all taught this as children. Over my years of teaching, I would frequently use this as an example within the classroom. When I started teaching as soon as I would mention the Golden Rule the students would know immediately what I was referring to. But as the years went on I found myself needing to explain what I was referring to. And by the time that I retired from teaching I quit using the term Golden Rule. Instead I explained what it was.

I write this so that we as Christians might take ownership in this demise. This is not something that the school should teach but something that a society has to choose to emphasize. And to take this one step further, not only do we need to teach the words that were shared first with us in the Sermon on the Mount but we need to model them in our lives. Too many Christians today claim that the Golden Rule is how we should live but then exhibit behaviors that are contrary to it’s very teachings

Below is the graphic that I choose for this devotional. The things that are attached to the title are the behaviors that we are called to show in our everyday lives. These are not words we preach to others but must put into action. It is also the action that we should demand of our leaders. Please take a moment today and reflect on how you might better live by this simple rule for which Christ commands his followers to obey.