6 "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. 7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 "Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
The dogs and pigs verse has to be about discernment, we can't judge anyone but we should still discern that there are things that are precious that should not be thrown to people who might treat those precious things with contempt. Its quite a bit more serious than giving a die hard Liverpool fan your Man Utd shirt but its along those lines. I have never really thought about that before.
I think today I will pray to be more discerning, in every aspect but especially with respect to the pearls of the kingdom.
Some would say that Godly correction is a pearl and it shouldn't be thrown at those who aren't going to receive it. Interesting. The problem comes with discerning who those people are - in the end that will most likely not be up to us.
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