Friend of God!

For Saturday, March 16, 2024:

Isaiah 10:1 NLT, speaking as a prophet of the Lord: “What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws.”

Jesus taught that we should be kind and help widows and orphans. At that time, people were living in a very misogynistic society. Women and children without a patriarch were at a supreme disadvantage. God is on that same page, because his Prophet Isaiah was teaching those things 700 years before Jesus! Isaiah said, “Unjust judges prey on widows and take advantage of orphans.” Woe to them!

Our God is always fair, honest and kind to the downtrodden. God is “just.” When you meet someone as honorable as God, you want to become their friend, to spend time with them. You eagerly look forward to your next encounter, and thoughts of your God fill your heart with joy!

God has thousands of cattle on thousands of hills, and he wants to share that abundance with believers. That way we can help the widows and orphans. We can be benevolent. The problem is that humans tend to be selfish and not share their wealth, which bothers God a lot! That’s why it’s easier to push a camel through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter heaven.

My father taught me to run decisions through his little test: “Is it good? Is it right? Is it fair? Is it honest? Should we be doing this thing?”

If we want to be a friend of God, we need to act like a friend of God!

Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship