No Distinction

July 7

God is “no respecter of persons” (Acts 10:34). He makes no distinction between men of differing nationalities or race or social strata. With Him, the only line of demarcation between men is the fact of their acceptance or rejection of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord (Romans 10:9-12).

The unfortunate reality is that we who profess to believe in Jesus do not always follow His example in that regard. We tend to associate with people who concur with our political point of view or with those who are in our income bracket. We sometimes feel uncomfortable with our brothers and sisters if they are not of our race!

We have too many walls of division between ourselves and others of like precious faith. The Word counsels us, for example, in Deuteronomy 15:7-8, “If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted and tight-fisted toward him! Instead, open your hand and freely lend him whatever he needs.” We are to embrace those who are of like mind to our hearts.

We are to exchange words of encouragement and faith with them. We are to hold them up in prayer. We are to share our abundance with them. We tend to cling to what is ‘ours,’ forgetting that nothing is ours that HE hasn’t given, for “the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof…” (Psalm 24:1). God, who has been generous to us, is pleased when we share of our abundance with others. Let us hold loosely to the things of earth that will soon pass away so we may cling tightly to the eternal treasure He gives us.