PEARLS AND PIGS - One Bread, One Body, 6/23/2009

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Genesis 13:2, 5-18, Psalm 15:2-5, Matthew 7:6, 12-14
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/nab/062309.shtml

PEARLS AND PIGS

"Do not give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before swine. They
will trample them under foot, at best, and perhaps even tear you to
shreds." —Matthew 7:6

Have you ever been tempted to toss your pearls before swine? Even if we
take this command to mean: "Don't share the pearls of the gospel with the
swine-eating Gentiles," it still doesn't seem the Jewish Christians had
trouble restraining themselves from evangelizing the Gentiles. In fact,
the Lord called the Jewish Christians to evangelize the Gentiles, but only
after the Jewish Christians had devoted themselves to evangelizing the
Jews.

Are we saying that God both commands us to toss our pearls before swine
and not to toss our pearls before swine? The point is not the pearls or
the swine but the timing. Could it be that you're working at the church
when you should be working at home? Maybe you're sharing the gospel with
strangers but not with your wife.

What if you're not tossing the pearls of the gospel before swine? What if
your timing's off because you're not obeying God? We should be
evangelizing whether we want to or not. We should be evangelizing first
those closest to us and often the hardest to talk to. We should be
evangelizing those that the Lord assigns to us and not those we have
chosen. We toss our pearls before swine when we do the "right" thing at
the wrong time, to the wrong people, or in the wrong place.

Prayer: Father, may I do it Your way, all the way and all the time.

Promise: "I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth; if
anyone could count the dust of earth, your descendants too might be
counted." —Gn 13:16

Praise: Caroline invited neighbors to a home Bible study where she opened
her home and her heart to all.

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