We are all guilty of showing favouritism one time or another in our lives. Favoritism is an attitude that plays the role of God on the judgment seat to distinguish the good and evil. The root of this attitude is from the fruit from the tree of the good and evil. God alone should be the ultimate judge and our role should be simply to love our neighbour as ourselves.

This is why James 2:8-9 warn us: “ ⁸If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. ⁹But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.”

We have no right to determine who is worthy and who is unworthy because we ourselves have fallen short of the glory of God as in James 2:9-10: “ ¹⁰For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. ¹¹For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. ”

Is there someone we think is unworthy? Let us choose to break the curse of judgmental spirit by telling God, “I want to show mercy!”

May we live in triumph, as shown in James 2:12-13 “ ¹²Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, ¹³because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment! ”