I love this description of God:

He Is NO Respecter Of Men

To summarize:  God doesn’t care about our resume.

He doesn’t care how much money we have OR whether we have political power OR how many people listen to our podcasts.

He doesn’t care if we are a King or a CEO or a professional athlete.

He doesn’t care if we get in the Hall of Fame or if we have the nicest clothes or if we are the strongest person in the world.

There is NOTHING, in his eyes, that can separate us from the other billions of people that live, or have lived, on the planet.

It is the reason that Jesus showed up in the temple in his first public act.

  • It was to let the Roman soldiers know that there was a new sheriff in town
  • It was to let the religious scribes know that He held them in account for misrepresenting God
  • It was to let the money changers and salesmen know that He was about to “whip their tails” for stealing
  • And, most importantly, it was to let the people know that He loved them and that He did not approve of them being overlooked, cheated, and devalued.

NEVER, and I mean NEVER, get in the way of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.  Because He … Is NO Respecter Of Men.

And His bride is the lowly as much as the great.

It is funny, because as with many verses of God, it is both a condemning word and an encouraging one.

Kicking the man in his lowest state will never be tolerated.

And the woman who has the world in the palm of her hands will never be permitted to lord over others.  Never.

In his greatest fleshly time, Paul had a radical encounter with Jesus that transformed His life into the greatest champion of the Bible.  In Jesus—He didn’t need citizenship, status, education, wealth, or popularity.  And so he later wrote:

Romans 2 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; 10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good

And Peter found out too.  He found out that God was playing no games in His ministry.  That He would be pursuing the world.  Not parts of the world—but all the world—and everyone in the world.

Acts 10 34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.

And so this word today is for all of us.

If we are on the top of the world and He has blessed us, and things are easy, and we have favor and blessing and benefit, He says:  “Remember the little guy.  The broken.  The desperate.”  He challenges us to give and love and encourage and help.

If we are downtrodden and without hope … if we have let others down, or ourselves … or if we do not feel we should be given another chance, He says:  “Come to me, all you who are weary, and I will give you rest.”

And so remember, whether you are the hammer … or the nail:  you belong to God.  And so … does everyone else.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J