Obadiah. It's straight forward but what does it have to say to me? Today is not a day where I can take a passage at face value. I have to consider who Edom represents in my life. Who is Edom? Who is Israel? Edom could be so many. Israel could also represent anyone.
I guess the message is that when others are in their day of distress you shouldn't treat them as an enemy and take advantage of them. We are all brothers after all. We have to treat each other like family and respect each other. If someone is hurting, you don't pour hot coals on them. If someone is hungry you don't mock them with how much food you have. If someone is fleeing a bad situation, you don't trip them. We have to treat each other with love and kindness just like Jesus treats us.
Lord, turn my heart away from evil. Let me look on my brothers and sisters with love. Let me share in their joys and sorrows. Let me not continue in apathy or frustration with them. Let me love overflow because You are overflowing in me. Lord, I need You, Oh I need You!
Amen. Amen. Amen.
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