Our Daily Bread Devotional 23rd December 2025 – Today’s Insight, Bible Reading & Prayer – Tuesday ODB Message
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TOPIC: No Favoritism
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BIBLE IN A YEAR: Nahum 1-3; Revelation 14
KEY VERSE: If you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. – James 2:9
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
James 2:1-4, 8-13
INSIGHT FOR TODAY
A key problem James addressed was the rich-poor divide threatening the unity and harmony of the church (2:1-11; 5:1-6). He reiterated that God intentionally chose the materially poor to be spiritually rich as sons and heirs of God (2:5; see Luke 6:20; 1 Corinthians 1:26-29). Therefore, it’s a sin to favor the wealthy and discriminate against or exploit the poor (James 2:1-9). Those who commit these evil acts “have dishonored the poor” (v. 6) whom God has blessed and have blasphemed His holy name (v. 7). To treat all believers in the church impartially, James instructs us to keep “the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ ” (v. 8, see Leviticus 19:18). Jesus says this is the second greatest commandment for His followers (Matthew 22:39). With God’s help, we can love everyone equally and without favoritism. (Insight By: K.T. Sim)
Our Daily Bread Devotional – 23rd December 2025 | MESSAGE
In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant was stopped for recklessly driving his carriage through Washington DC. One published account says that the officer, an African American named William West, warned Grant, “Your fast driving, sir . . . is endangering the lives of the people who have to cross the street.” Grant apologized, but the next night he was racing carriages again. West stopped Grant’s horses. “I am very sorry, Mr. President, to have to do it, for you are the chief of the nation and I am nothing but a policeman, but duty is duty.” West arrested the president.
I admire this brave man for doing his duty. So did Grant. He praised West and made sure he kept his job. God also was pleased, for He hates the injustice of favoritism. James wrote, “Believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism” (James 2:1). That includes not giving special favors to the rich and powerful, leaving only leftovers for the poor (vv. 2-4). Instead, we’re called to love our neighbor as ourselves (v. 8). If we play favorites, serving our platinum club neighbors rather than the less privileged, we “sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers” (v. 9).
God didn’t play favorites with us. He loved us when we had nothing to offer, when we were “without hope and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12). With His help, we can love all people equally. (Message By: Mike Wittmer)
Reflect & Pray
Why is favoritism such a harmful thing? How might you avoid playing favorites?
I praise You, Father, that no human is above or beneath me.
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