Dec 12

Colossians 3:25
Memorise Romans 12:9
“…there is no respect of persons…”

Colossians 3:25 “But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.” The Christian employee can look forward to God’s eternal rewards when he does all things unto the Lord in his work here on earth. However, if the employee commits a criminal offence in his work, he must not expect God to protect him, but instead he must pay the penalty for his crime. God is no respecter of persons: whether one is a Christian or not, both must be punished as determined by the law. In the same way, the Christian will be chastised by God for sins that do not amount to crime (as mentioned before) or crimes that are not found out, for God is just. This applies the same way to the Christian master who ill-treats his workers (whether Christian or not), or commits crimes against his workers like making false deductions off their pay; God is just. However, the Christian worker working under an unjust master can be rest assured that vengeance is the Lord’s.

In the same way, the Christian student who does not do his best unto the Lord in his studies, whether it is done in ignorance or willfully choses to be slotful, he will be chastised by God. The most obvious chastisement for an academically more gifted student who chooses to be lazy, will be lower than expected academic grades.This should then serve as a good wake-up call. For the student who is already struggling and yet does not try hard enough, may also suffer lower than usual scores. This may in turn drive both him and his parents to despair, having only himself to blame. Another lesson is that one should not try to be lazy over the work year and then start to pray for God’s help when exams approach! However we must also realise that God may use low scores to guide us away from our current path and towards what He wants us to do, so do not always interpret low scores obtained as chastisement, if you know in your heart you have been faithful.

Thought: How often have I been tempted to be lazy?
Prayer: May the Lord always find me faithful in everything I do.