Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 19 September 2022 Message for Monday. Read Daily Fountain Devotional 19 September 2022 for Anglican Communion
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TOPIC: Restitution
TEXT: Exodus 22:1-15(NKJV)
Daily Fountain Devotional 19 September 2022 MESSAGE
Restitution is the act of returning what has wrongfully been taken or replacing what has been lost or damaged. From our reading today, Moses dealt with several kinds of thievery, and stated that the thief must make compensation to those who are wronged (v.3). Atonement and forgiveness of the sin is received after restitution had been made to the victim (compare with Neh. 5:10-1.
Moses also dealt with property damage caused by animals who eat in a field other than their master’s (v.5) or by uncontrolled fire (v.6), and with loss of property entrusted to others (vv. 7-15). From these specific instances, the judges could derive principles that would help them decide cases (Read Luke 19:8).
The above teach us that we ought to be careful in all our dealings. We must be aware that what we deliberately or wrongfully damage may require restitution.
We must also be aware that there are things that are irreplaceable when damaged such as virginity, loss of lives, etc. Knowing this, we must learn how to live peacefully with one another and ask the Holy Spirit for self-control so as to avoid causing harm and losses to our neighbours.
PRAYER: O Lord, help me to return all things that do not belong to me and to live in self-control in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 19 September 2022 Message. The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptized membership, after the Church of England.