Paul gives us more practical out-workings of worshipping God in our day-to-day living. Do I show a godly submission to authority for God’s sake, or have I been drawn into the world’s way of thinking that fiddling the income tax or breaking the law in other ways is ‘fair game’? Do I consider dissension as bad as drunken orgies and sexual debauchery?
In Genesis 43, Jacob is still feeling the effects of the dissension caused by his favouritism to his youngest sons. At least Judah [who suggested selling Joseph as a slave in the first place] accepts responsibility for the life of Joseph’s younger brother. We see Joseph’s youthful dream come true as he tests {& teases?} his brothers and they submit to his authority.
Today we find Job reflecting on the authority of God and his own insignificance and impotence. He wishes for an arbitrator between God and man, a wish ultimately fulfilled in Jesus.
Am I clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ and conscious of His interceding on my behalf?
What do I owe? [see Rom.12 v.7 & esp v.8] How do I love my fellow men & women?
(member of the prayer ministry team)