Matthew 23:23–24 (NKJV) Jesus says: “For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!“
Jesus used an obvious exaggeration it seems to me (a tiny gnat versus a giant camel) to show how we might obsess over tiny, minor rules while totally ignoring the most important parts of God’s law, justice, mercy, and faithfulness.
Now, if you are a little like me I have a lot of scriptures I could pile on and I sure have illustrations about others that often seem to have the (gnat syndrome) my epithet for a few others.
I truly would love to hear some stories of how we, yes we, me and you have been diagnosis with “the gnat syndrome.”
I’m going to give some truthful soul searching and hopefully write in comments soon at least one “camel” I have swallow while over reacting about a gnat!
Justice and Mercy and Faithfulness!
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An Ai overview online told me that it would take “283 million to 907 million gnats to equal the weight of an adult camel”.
Compared to a camel, a gnat sure is small…just like the photos in the blog show.
Sara writes, “at least one “camel” I have swallow while over reacting about a gnat!” …and
“Jesus used an obvious exaggeration it seems to me (a tiny gnat versus a giant camel) to show how we might obsess over tiny, minor rules while totally ignoring the most important parts of God’s law, justice, mercy, and faithfulness.”
I think of times I have been so absorbed in the details of doing something correct and/or ‘right’, that in my ‘gnat syndrome’ I overlook the important reason for the doing that goes far deeper; maybe it’s a person’s need for compassion or mercy, help, kindness or a prayer at the moment I am obsessing about doing.