Fruit Inspection

“Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.”

As I SOAPed through this chapter today with the Good Morning Girls, I was drawn to verse 17. However, it was the not the portion on fear that caught my attention. It was the part on how God judges each man’s work impartially.

This is a freeing statement to me. That I do not need to compare my works to anyone else. So often I look at another woman/wife/mom and think I’m not doing enough. Not enough scripture memorized. Not enough pouring into my kids. Not enough time spent in prayer. I shouldn’t worry about how I might pale in comparison to someone else. This verse says that God judges each man’s work impartially. He takes all the factors into consideration and is fair. He knows my life circumstances and would never judge me according to what someone else has done. So why do I? Why do I feel like I’m in competition with other believers? The goal is simply to pursue holiness by living in a way that pleases the Lord. We each have our own purpose in the big God story. Our own journey toward sanctification.