My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding; if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures—
Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; (Proverbs 2:1 - 3, 9)
As Christ followers, whether we like it or not, we've been called into an identity of righteousness, justice, and equity. But, we cannot define what is righteous, just, and equitable by using the wisdom offered to us by mere men.
We've all been baptized into the knowledge of our culture, societal norms, and our family of origin - we're experts in behaving in the ways of this world.
But can we say the same thing about the ways of the Kingdom of God?
The number one command God gave to the Israelites before they entered into the promised land was to not forget his words (Joshua 1:8). He knew that once they left the wilderness and no longer needed to depend on his supernatural provision and care the same way, they would be in danger of forgetting his instructions on how to govern their lives. And forget they surely did - because that's what humans do... forget.
Post-Resurrection Christians did it (and we still do it).
The thing is, when we forget, our culture is really good at teaching us the ways that seem right, and the lines become very blurred in regard to what true good and evil even are.
And when you're doing the hard work of creating more righteous, just, and equitable lives for humanity, the last thing you want is for these lines to be unclear.
So what are we to do to fix this?
Insert the heart correction offered through spiritual disciplines.
In this introductory episode of my series, "Spiritual Disciplines for Cultivating Equity," I'll explore the reasons why I believe our continued cultivation of spiritual discipline is directly tied to the successful work of social equity, and I'll share the five practices that Needle Movers for Social Equity will focus on for nurturing the discipline of God's word in our hearts.
Organization: Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer
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