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Deuteronomy chapter 24 verses 10 through 13.

When you make your neighbor alone of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge.

You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.

And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.

You shall restore to him the pledge, as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you.

And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

I love this simple picture.

It's these miscellaneous laws from God to his people in Deuteronomy.

And specifically here, what I want you to notice, what I want to lead us to pray according to

is the relationship between righteousness before God and simple, compassionate, care for other people.

That last phrase, it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

What will be righteousness for you before God?

I guess that's something we all want today.

Every follower of Jesus, every child of God wants a righteousness before him.

So what will be righteousness for us before God?

To simply care for the people around us, to give back to them what we owe them,

or if we have something that would help someone who is poor or in need.

Let's look for opportunities to give to them that they might be provided for,

and that they might bless us and glorify God.

What a picture.

God, help us.

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