Respect

7 August 2012   

    

1 Peter 2:18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the kind and gentle but also to the overbearing.

Yesterday the gadget that will tell us more about the planet Mars landed on Mars and sent a signal back to earth, the cost of this project is more than 2,5 billion US dollars. The day before people in the USA were shot and killed in a temple. On can make all the scientific advances, we can have laws and rules, but we cannot control the hearts of people. The simple message is that we only find peace where we find love, which is lost in a society seeking its future in materialism.

No matter how many qualifications we have, we need above all to have love and respect for one another. The person doing any job is equal to any other, not because of their qualification, but because they are a person deserving of respect for the task they do no matter how menial it may seem. Each person wakes up in the morning with an idea of what they would like to do in the day, go to work with the intention of doing what they are supposed to do, whether they are paid well or not

When we as Christians respect all those around us and go that extra mile for them, whether they respond with a smile or not, is not important, what is important is that we are Christian.

Be encouraged today to treat others as you would like to be treated by them.

 

David

 

Point to ponder: Earn your respect.

Question to consider: Are you respectful of others no matter their station in life?