Financial Discipleship – the Bible on RestitutionSample

On Day 3, we focused on two of the three actions we see in Proverbs 6:30-31: restitution and restoration. Today, we’ll learn about the third – compassion.

If someone wrongs us, we’re taught to have compassion.

It may be wrong for someone to steal what is ours from us. But we have no idea what drove them to do it (Proverbs 6:30). It does not make it right, but it’s important that our heart is right. Because we stand on what’s inside, not on principles and legalities.

God has shown us mercy over and over again. If we cannot show mercy to anyone else, how can we expect Him to continue to do the same?

A thief will be required to pay back what was stolen (Proverbs 6:30-31), but there is no need to add more judgment. How many wrongs have we done to someone else? Would we not want forgiveness when we ask for it? Would we not want a second chance? (Matthew 18:21-22)

Through Jesus, we are made new. Through Jesus, there is restitution. Through Jesus, restitution brings restoration. And through Jesus, restoration comes only because of the compassion He has for us.

Let us show that same compassion to each other.

(excerpt taken from The Bible on Money, Compass-finances God's way, 2022)