October 26, 2022

Passage Read: 1 Peter 3-4
Meditation Verse: 4:15

Thought

"A murderer, a thief, an evildoer or a meddler in the affairs of others." Peter puts meddling in the affairs of others in the same category as murderers and thieves and evildoers! I know full well that I shouldn't kill anyone or steal things or practice evil, but do I recognize that I shouldn't meddle in the affairs of others? If I do, it's not much different in God's eyes from murder or theft. I need to keep my opinions to myself, I need to mind my own business.

Application

I need to remember that whatever I see or hear in others and from others, even though it seems very clear and obvious, I probably don't yet have the full picture, and so would be out of place to step in and try to fix it. To think otherwise is a form of arrogance that challenges God and makes me like a murderer or thief.