God Is Not Partial
Â… There is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking of bribes. 2 Chronicles 19:7b
Jehoshaphat king of Judah made this declaration about God (that with God there is no perversion of justice, no partiality, and no taking of bribes) because he had experienced God’s Word being fulfilled on Ahab, King of Israel – even though Ahab had tried to trick God.
Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah had decided to make war against Ramothgilead. Four hundred prophets told them that they would be successful in battle. Only Micaiah prophesied that it would be a losing battle that they would be fighting, and that king Ahab was not going to make it. Ahab, although he was afraid, decided to go because he had a plan to trick God. He told Jehoshaphat to dress in royal clothing while he Ahab would enter the battle field in disguise.
Jehoshaphat king of Judah made this declaration about God (that with God there is no perversion of justice, no partiality, and no taking of bribes) because he had experienced God’s Word being fulfilled on Ahab, King of Israel – even though Ahab had tried to trick God.
Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah had decided to make war against Ramothgilead. Four hundred prophets told them that they would be successful in battle. Only Micaiah prophesied that it would be a losing battle that they would be fighting, and that king Ahab was not going to make it. Ahab, although he was afraid, decided to go because he had a plan to trick God. He told Jehoshaphat to dress in royal clothing while he Ahab would enter the battle field in disguise.
Sometimes, like Ahab, we try to trick God by putting on a show externally, forgetting that God judges us by the state of our hearts not by the things we do. Going to church every Saturday or Sunday, praying and fasting, Bible study and Prayer meetings are not enough in and of themselves. What pleases God is outlined in the verse from the New Testament for today’s reading, Acts 10: 34-35 “… God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him”.
God give us special privileges or ‘blighs’ because of our state in life. God requires the same thing from us whether we are: poor and struggling financial every day, rich and giving away everything we have, or black and not fully recovered from a history of hardship. God requires from all of us to ‘fear him and do what is right’ because ‘… there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking of bribes’.
Prayer from Daily Watchwords – Dear Lord, create in me a heart to do what is right. May I treat every human being fairly and not be inclined to treat anyone less favourably because of differences in culture, race or faith. May I treat others as I would expect to be treated. Amen.
Rev. Gary Gardiner
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