Exodus 21
CALL OF DUTY

After giving Israel the ten commandments, God continued giving laws to Moses for governing his people Israel. As he begins, we can see the priorities God had on his mind as he announced laws for Israel.

God’s first priority was for those who had less rights than anyone else – slaves and servants. Many of the laws he states in Exodus 21 are given to protect those who are not as well off as everyone else. Whether they were slaves, wives, hurt or injured, God’s laws protected them and showed that he cared for them.

Jesus showed exactly the same priorities in his life during his ministry. He healed the sick, helped the poor, fed the hungry and spent much of his time with tax collectors and sinners.

Living a good Christian life is not just about meeting together on Sunday, doing Bible study or having prayer time. It’s about looking after the poor and weak. God did it, Jesus did it, and looking after the poor should be one of our highest priorities too. There are always people that are not so well off as ourselves. It’s easy to find a homeless person, someone who is sick, whose relationships have fallen apart, or whose finances have collapsed. They are all around us.

Let’s develop God’s priorities in our lives and be like Jesus as we help and protect those who are not as well off as ourselves.

May God lead us in his ways this week.

With love in our Lord
Robert

New at Thinky Things this week

Exhortation by Robert on Change.
https://thinkythings.com/talks/
What God Wants: Change
23 minutes
In this exhortation Robert motivates us to be changed for good by the word of God through the examples of children, a change he didn’t want, and the story of the Lost Son.

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