My Messy House

Fellow Labourers-

There is a song we hear every now and then which goes like this - "Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me." The solution of the world's ills has to begin with me. I must first identify the evil in me before I can tell anyone else about the evil that's in them. And the best way to identify that evil is to use the best measuring stick - the word of God - the Bible. Isn't it time we quit hiding behind masks and deal with our monsters? Are we incapable of identifying our own monsters? Then let us ask for help.

In reading the Psalms, I have become very conscious of three words - God's Commandments, God's Statutes and God's Judgment. As the preacher pointed out on Sunday last we see God's judgment in Moses, His mercy in David and His grace in Jesus. All three are still in operation today but we tend to ignore God's judgment. Grace does not negate judgment, but substitutes for it when appropriated. Lord help me to clean up my messy house and set my own house in order.

Pax Vobiscum

Robert A. Stewart