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Discipleship Focus: Character
- Character: Having the interior life that is necessary to support the work that God sets before a person. It is hearing from God and obeying. It is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
As we turn
to the next chapter in the book of Ezekiel, we begin to talk about the world
around the temple. We’ve spoken about
God. We’ve spoken about worshipping
God. We’ve spoken about teaching people
about God. Now we get a vision about how
life looks when God is the center of society.
As we ponder
this question, look at God’s advice. The
first thing that he says is a comment on economic policy. The people in the marketplace need to start
using fair scales. They need to quit skimping
and misrepresenting their goods in order to make a profit. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
The truth is
that we have here a fundamental issue with human society. We seldom ever find human society that is
truly fair unless it is regulated. In
this chapter, that regulation falls to the princes of the land.
In the end,
this is an issue of character. When it
comes to making money, are we willing to go about it ethically or not? Do we have the character to represent ourselves
and our goods and then live up to those promises? In a society that is truly founded upon God,
we do.
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