March 7: Leviticus 19:11-18

Key Verse: Leviticus 19:13
Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.

Devotion:
I’m sure many of us can get most of the ten commandments right because we hear a lot about them; but this is just a small section of the commandments God gave through Moses. Here we have another look at what God was trying to impress on the people. God does not want us to take the laws as they are written and stick to them according to your interpretation or your translation of the words… God wants us to think about the words He has given us and apply them through our hearts!

When I see the back-biting and slandering which is going on because of the war in Ukraine, I want to be able to shout out some of the lesser thought of commands God has given us such as these highlighted today! Don’t gossip about the people around us. Don’t defraud them, don’t keep things away from them, don’t hold back money owed to them…

When Jesus reminded us to love our neighbours, it was not an idle word said in the heat of the moment; this was Jesus trying to get us to stop and think about how we are treating the people who are around us. The Russian leaders are ignoring these words and doing and saying things which are wrong and even evil; but then so are some of the Western leaders unfortunately!

If we are going to spend time praying for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine like we pray for our brothers and sisters in our church, we should also be willing to treat them like our brothers and sisters and not leave them to their demise just because we didn’t sign a treaty at the right time and place with them. These are our brothers and sisters in Christ; isn’t that enough?

Points to Ponder:
How do you treat your family?

How do you treat your church family?