ECWA Daily Devotions Food for the Day

THURSDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2023

TEXT: Romans 14:1-12

1: Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.

2: One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.

3: The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.

4: Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

5: One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.

6: Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

7: For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.

8: If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

9: For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

10: You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

11: It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’”

12: So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

(New International Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: TOLERANCE

Today's text focuses on the communal spirit which encourages the believer to refrain from doing things just because they appeal to him.

We differ in our spiritual maturity appetites and the ways we view the world generally. Walk towards living for the Lord and at the same time consider the weak in whatever you do.

Self-centeredness usually leads to carelessness about the weak. In that same spirit, we judge and look down on others in matters of faith. If we place the wellbeing of others above ours, our faith will become a pleasant atmosphere to all.

QUESTION: What has today's passage challenged you to do for those you judge and look down on regarding matters of faith?

PRAYER: Father, thank You for drawing my attention towards those I had considered unbelievers because of their choices. Grant me the grace to accommodate them this day and in the days to come. Amen.