The Large Catechism -- largely for Lent

This year for my Wednesday evening Lenten service meditations, I have be using a reading from Scripture and a reading from Martin Luther's Large Catechism.

Last night I was struck by Luther's argument that the Creed should follow the Ten Commandments because the Ten Commandments tell us how we should live, but we cannot so live without God. And the creed reminds us of which god that is, or, who the God is that promises to enter our lives so that we might live with hope! It is refreshing, even in Lent, to remember that our shortfall, our sin, is not so much what we fail to do, but who (God!) we fail to believe in. Hence, the Lenten journey is to draw nearer to God's call, rather than to busy ourselves in doing better. In fact, it is in that very drawing nearer that we are able to do better!