Wrong a Human; Be Found Unfaithful - Numbers 4-5; Psalm 48; Proverbs 10:26

The LORD said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites: `When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD, that person is guilty…” – Numbers 5:5-6

 

What shows that we are guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD? How can you tell if your heart has run after other things besides Jesus Christ?

 

According to our God, “When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD, that person is guilty.” How are we unfaithful to the LORD? When we wrong each other.

 

A heart that sins against a brother or sister is a heart that has run away from God after other, lesser gods—gods of pleasure, comfort, wealth, satisfaction, health, self-preservation, ease, access, esteem—the list could go on and on. When we put anything above other people so much that we wrong them, our hearts have turned away from God. We have become guilty of unfaithfulness.

 

Father, I haven’t seriously looked at faithfulness and unfaithfulness to You this way, at least not in a while. It’s easy to think that I’m faithful to You if I read my Bible regularly, pray daily, and think about You and Your mission throughout the day. But the way I treat people reflects my faithfulness to You more clearly than any of my disciplined and scheduled activities. Help me to be faithful to You, taking advantage of every time I meet someone and using it as an opportunity to show kindness and love.