The Law in 90 Days: Genesis 37-38
SCRIPTURE READING
Proverbs 17:5 (ESV); Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will
not go unpunished.
When King David said, “I praise you God, because I am fearfully and wonderfully made!” he was
declaring a universal truth about God’s life-creating process. Each and every human being is
crafted by God, fearfully and wonderfully made. Like a meticulous artist intricately hand-painting
his detailed piece of art, God takes painstaking measures with each of us.
Clearly we do not see others with the eyes of God. It’s easy enough for many of us to look at
ourselves in the mirror or think of our “pretty good” lifestyle and say “I am made in God’s image,
and He loves me.” But the grace we so easily give ourselves is not so easily extended to others.
We look at others and see things that we can’t believe would be imagined by God. An “ugly” face
or “annoying” laugh or “awkward” personality must have been a glitch in the system; there’s no
other explanation, we think.
But God is not a machine that gets rusty, or a man who forgets. He is the all-powerful, all-wise
Maker and Sustainer of the universe! He takes great care in His making, and people are His prize
creations! We are made in His very image! Capable of relationship and growth, and complete with
soul and a Spirit waiting to be awaked by His own, we are incomparable to all other living things!
When we insult others or treat them with insolence and disrespect, we are insulting God Himself.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. Do you truly believe God’s words in Proverbs 17:5? How does your life show that this is your
belief?
2. Ask God to point out people in your life whom you hold in low regard; people whom you mock
and demean. Spend time confessing your pride and foolishness. Ask God what He loves
about this person, and pray for them, that they would know how God feels about them.
3. Are you worried about what other people think of you? Allow God to give you His thoughts
today. How have you been fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of our great God?
