Sēmeron (say'-mer-on): Today
Luke loves this word and uses it a lot!
This week's Greek word is sēmeron, and it just means "today", which is annoyingly simple. This word is about as ordinary a word as you can find, except Luke keeps using it at the biggest moments of his gospel. Today a Savior is born, today this Scripture is fulfilled, today salvation has come to this house, today you'll be with me in paradise, and every single time he uses it to announce that God's kingdom isn't arriving eventually, it's breaking in right now!
I think that matters because it's so easy to treat faith like a "someday thing". I vividly remember thinking when I was a kid: Someday I'll feel close to God. Someday my prayers will make sense. Someday I'll really believe it and know it. But sēmeron keeps insisting that God's action isn't reserved for a more advanced version of your life. Not for when you have your life together. Not for when you finally feel like a big kid.
Is there an invitation from God that you've been pushing off to "someday" instead of receiving it today?
Scriptures where we find "sēmeron":
Luke 2:11 — "for unto you is born this day... a Savior..."
Luke 4:21 — "today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing..."
Luke 23:43 — "today you will be with me in paradise..."
