Galatians 4:1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Yesterday I proposed a formula for receiving God’s blessings in provisions. What I had hope to address and did not have the space to do it yesterday was the formula as it pertains to leaders. Without getting into politics I would like to propose that what the bible says here about master applies to all who are in authority, from a national leader all the way down to job supervisor. Anyone who has the ability to direct the actions of another could learn from God’s pure example.

I have often said that people all over the world have the same basic needs and desires. They are shelter, food, and clothing. Given the opportunity people will build a life for themselves that is happy and fulfilling to them and their families. Leadership at all levels should look to that goal for themselves and all that they have authority over.

Being just requires more than being legal. Laws vary and no one system can be view just in God’s eyes if all one is concerned about is not violating the law. Just has to be about doing what is right in God’s eyes given the constraints of one’s own legal system. Laws usually say what you cannot do and do not limit what you can do.

Equal means that all are treated the same. No one is shown favoritism. This is where politics, all politics go wrong. The man living in a grass hut should be treated as an equal with the one living in a marble palace. His circumstance should not dictate his worth. Not all leaders believe in God and therein lies the problem. They need a Godly example set before them to see what should be done.

Colossians 3:22-23 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

One of the things that always interests me about man’s ability to rationalize is in how we base rationale not from our needs but from our desires. The reason I am bringing this verse to the forefront is the issue of God’s provisions. Man will look to the words sow, reap and gather as things they do not have to do to receive the favor of God since we are so much better.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Reading this verse correctly demands that you have a proper understanding of what God means in context as to what “all these things” means. Nowhere in the preceding verses does the scriptures address housing or transportation. The birds of the air makes nests for themselves by gathering natural resources and doing the work themselves. They can fly so they provide their own transportation.

Most of the conversations I have had with people over the years include shelter and transportation as items included in a long list of thing included in “all these things”. God did not promise a big house and a fast car. Man will by virtue of his nature add to list of basic provision be God said we are better.

God also said do not covet. These words of warning quickly follow the Lord’s Prayer. Do not covet or love money seen in passages about treasures of the heart. Be careful what you fix your eye upon, seen in passages about the eye being good or evil. We covet that which we look upon.

So man begins to build a list of things which he deserves not based on God’s provisions but on his own desires, his coveting. Like the bird of the air, he labors to go out and build that house and buy those things which he covets and believes he deserves. But God did not promise them.

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then praise God for His provisions.

He has given you His righteousness by faith. Is there anything more precious?