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Jeremiah 50

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DO UNTO OTHERS...


Everyone learned this golden rule at one time or another. "Do unto others as you would want done to you," blah blah blah. It works well for young children that are trying to learn to be nice to other kids and whatnot. Before today, I just kinda thought that this verse was below me-- that I was onto bigger better things.

But believe it or not, the things we learn when we are 6 can stay with us for a while, and mean something, too.

In today's reading, God was telling the plan He had in store for the sinning place of Babylon: death and agony. Everyday for the past week or so we've been talking about the same thing: the people sinned, so they needed to be punished. It was a pretty brutal punishment, too.

But today, it really occurred to me just WHAT they were being punished for. We knew that they refused to have faith in God, but did you know what else they did?

PS: The Bible referrers to Babylon as "she" or "her."

Shout against her on every side!
She surrenders, her towers fall,
her walls are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance of the LORD,
take vengeance on her;
do to her as she has done to others.

Jeremiah 50:15

"Do to her as she has done to others." It really makes me wonder what I'm doing to others, and how that will come back to ME one day. We need to treat others with respect. Not just because that's what we've been taught since we were 1st graders, but because one day we'll be judged based on how we've treated others, just like the people of Babylon.

The golden rule is pretty deep stuff. Think on that.

Peace out.

Comments

Granny said…
If we treat others like we want to be treated, then we will be pleasing in God's eyes. He loves everyone, and teaches us to treat his creations with respect. We don't always like others as well as some, but it is not our call...they too are God's children and are to be treated with respect.
August 20, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Anonymous said…
HI I READ YOUR DEVOTION TODAY I REALY LIKED TODAY BECAUSE DO ON TO OTHERSAS OTHERS WOULD DO ON TO YOU IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES SO I REALT UNDERSTOOD IT. ZOE
August 20, 2010 at 1:07 PM
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