02/10/2026
Morning Tea
Deu 15:1-3 ISV 1 “You must cancel your debts at the end of every seventh year. 2 This is the way to conduct remission: every creditor must cancel the loan that his friend borrowed, and he must not pressure his friend or brother to repay it, because remission to the LORD will be proclaimed. 3 You may exact payment from a foreigner, but cancel whatever your brother owes you.
This is the Law and in it is compassion for neighbours and fellow Israelites. One is expected to cancel bad debts owed by a poor brother after 7 years. In the time, if someone owes debt and can't pay, that person becomes a slave. But, the LORD didn't want that and so calls for this cancellation of debts as an act of mercy to a fellow Israelite. That's why Jesus came and gave a proper interpretation of the Law which the Pharisees, Sadducees and others did not like. The matter here is mercy to the poor and those who can't afford it. So, beloved, do you show mercy or you do business as the world does? For if in the Law, one is required to forgive debts of his brother, today, in this era of grace, compassion and mercy should naturally fill and drive our dealings with other believers. We should not withdraw mercy to the poor believer because it is business or you wish to earn something extra. For example, in this difficult times of increasing transportation fare, I boarded a vehicle home and the driver who is a Muslim did not collect money from all of us that entered the vehicle. He simply dropped us at our bus stop with a smile and then "ah ah don't worry". If an unbeliever can be this merciful in very difficult times, the believer should do more and show more compassion.
Prayer: Dear Father, help me to focus on Jesus no matter my circumstances and so that I will be merciful to others as led by the Holy Spirit in Christ Jesus name Amen.