Day 075: Bias

"But from those who seemed to be something - whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man - for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me."  Galatians 2:6

We need to go around remembering this.

Favoritism is a dangerous thing that has plagued humanity for quite a long time.  Holding onto just one person while disregarding everybody else who is much better qualified is something that can be harmful for a business, a class, a church, or a project.  Favoritism blinds us.

God, on the other hand, is not blind.  God sees all that we are worth and puts us to in places where we can shine the best.  God provides us with the opportunities to grow and to shine in ways that we couldn't ever have imagined.  On top of that, God can see through the acts that we each put on in order to deceive all of those around us.  God is the one with the sharp eye and the discerning ways to read past the papers that are framed and hanging on an office wall.  God can examine us entirely.

We allow for our own biases to rule over our lives.  But that adds nothing to our lives.  When we start deceiving ourselves about people that we like just because they went to a certain school, speak a certain way, or even have a certain skin color, we end up hurting ourselves.  Rather than making our lives better, we start to degenerate, undoing all the work that we had done to begin with.

What's a way to eliminate this issue?  How about turning to God?  When we make ourselves the boss, we don't know when to stop picking and choosing what we want.  We have gotten so used to allowing our biases to rule over us that we can't even make good decisions.  However, with prayer and meditation, with a constant communication with God, we can be more discerning.  When we allow for God to rule over us, God will put God's master plan into action.  We will discover greater things when we work together with what God gives us.

This Lent, meditate on what God has in store for you.  What issues are pressing you right now?  What kinds of goals do you have?  What are the God-given gifts that you have that you can use to get to your goals?  Pray and communicate with God.  God will show you the best way to live your life, and you won't have to worry about any biases putting you at a disadvantage.