No Distinctions

January 18

We like to think we have our priorities in order. We assess ourselves and like to believe we value the valuable and take lightly the extraneous. Yet, we focus far more of our time and energy on our earthly treasures that will ‘pass away’ (Matthew 24:35) than we do on the eternal treasure that we possess.

We tend to ‘major in the minors.’ It is of utmost concern to us that our neighbor has purchased a new car or that our co-worker has attained a salary increase. We concern ourselves not only with our neighbors’ business but also with the affairs of movie stars and of well-known athletes. Ever watch a ‘reality’ show?

But the Word tells us that God does not consider important these distinctions that so preoccupy our attention. He says in fact that in His perception, those who have entered the family of faith are essentially one. When He looks upon us He doesn’t see us as poor or wealthy, as unsuccessful or successful. In Galatians 5:6 He states a powerful truth:

“In Jesus Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything; what matters is faith working through love.” If He doesn’t care about even the clearest difference between early believers—whether they were Jews or gentiles—no distinction among us shall stand in His eyes. It is our faith and the love it generates to those among us that will establish our status in the eyes of the Lord.