(Matthew 7 v 1 – 5 )
In the very useful back pages of my notebook is a map of the EU
With all the currencies of the individual countries listed below
It struck me that even though most said “Euro”
There were some that dealt in a different currency
And perhaps thought of as a bit unusual because of that.
Dealing in a different currency.
So what about the Christian – what about you and me?
Oswald Chambers said that “Life serves back in the coin you pay”
“If you want to receive mercy”, Jesus said, “then you have to be merciful”. (Matt 5 v 7)
Same coin out, same coin back.
What coin do we trade in?
The same as the world?
What is in our pocket or purse that we use to value another?
It cannot be judgement for you but mercy for me
Two millennia ago, God enabled us to exchange one currency for another
His forgiveness and loving mercy in exchange for the judgement that was ours
So, now we find that “mercy triumphs over judgement”
It is a pressing need in the body of Christ.
When thinking about others, whether in the faith or not,
And by his enabling grace,
Let’s deal in the right coin.