Saturday. [Heb. 10:32–38; Mark 2:14–17]

   I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance (Mark 2:17). Through the mouth of Wisdom the Lord called the foolish to Himself. He Himself wandered upon the earth, calling sinners. Neither the proud, “clever ones,” nor the self-willed and righteous have a place with Him. Let intellectual and moral weakness rejoice! Mental and active power, step aside! Total weakness that acknowledges itself as such and hastens with faith to the Lord Who healeth the weak and filleth the impoverished, will become strong both intellectually and morally, but will continue to acknowledge both its intellectual poverty and evil inclinations. The power of God, under this unprepossessing cover and made perfect in weakness, invisibly creates a different person who is bright mentally and morally. This brightness is often manifest here, but it is always manifest there, in heaven. Behold what is hidden from the wise and prudent and is revealed only to babes (cf. Matt. 11:25)!