Scripture: Job 24:2

There are those who move boundary stones;

they pasture flocks they have stolen.

Thought for the Day: Property was exceptionally important in the ancient world. Even today, many of our wars are fought over property. One could argue that the wars being fought in the Middle East today, while often presented by Western media as religious wars, are actually property wars initially caused by the West’s carving up of that area after the two world wars. The Western Powers moved the boundary stones.

                                                                                                      

Humans are also often thought of as God’s property, and some believe we have been stolen from God, which is why the world is such a horrific place. I don’t think anything can be stolen from God, because my view of God is of the ultimate universal force. Nothing can be taken from God unless God is willing to give it. So I wonder if it’s time to rethink the idea that we are stolen from God by evil, and rather consider that perhaps we’re just unfinished, and moving toward God every moment. Perhaps the boundary stones haven’t been moved so that evil could steal us from God. Perhaps there are no boundary stones, or, more likely, perhaps they’re only in our minds.

Prayer: Help me realize there are no boundaries, and that I can and am meant to be living in complete harmony with You, and through You, with every being on this planet. Amen.