Reading: 1 Timothy 5, Ezekiel 39-40
Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:31b; I charge you to keep these rules
without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
Observation: When I read this portion of scripture I was
reminded of when one of the radio shows I listen to called “The Wally Show” and
at one point Wally was summoned for Jury Duty and him talking about the
questions they asked him about being impartial and setting aside his opinions.
Here in scripture we are asked to do the same thing.
Application: This portion was being set for how to deal with
sin in the leadership if the church, but I feel that it is a good way to look
at things. We are to keep the rules, what rules… “You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is
the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:37-39. This being the hardest
rule/commandment to follow. Our sinful desires tell us to be selfish and give
them what they deserve. We are called to give grace because we have been given
grace and to love because he first loved us. In doing so we would not be
judging or coming into a situation with a partiality.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for another day, I thank you for the
work you have given me and the lives I have around me to speak into. I ask you
Lord for the strength to stand up and speak to those around me and the words to
say to touch them. I also ask for the strength to set aside my prejudgments and
partiality.
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