“My co-worker said, "You should never eat donuts for breakfast!” to me today. I told her, "My grandmother lived to be 100 years old." She asked "Did she eat donuts for breakfast?” I said, "No, she minded her own business."”
I don’t know whether this was a real event in a real person’s life or not (I suspect not). But it does make a real point in a humorous way. There are times in life when it is best to mind our own business. Were you aware that the Bible teaches this as well? When the apostle Paul writes to the church in Thessalonica, he notes that part of living as a follower of Christ is “...to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one” (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12). In his second letter to the same church, he writes: “For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies. Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread” (2 Thessalonians 3:11–12).
But there are times when a fellow Christian’s business becomes our business. For example, I shouldn’t ignore my brother or sister in their times of weakness. “Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves” (Romans 15:1). When fellow believers are mixed up in sin, I should get involved in their business. “Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted” (Galatians 6:1).
Father God, please help me know when it is best to mind my own business and when I must get involved. Please teach me discernment in such matters.
God loves you!
Mike
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