Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law - even his prayer is detestable.

Proverbs 28:9 CSB

Where do you have to be to "turn your ear away from"?

Right there. 

Close

In listening distance. 

This is not about someone who doesn't know God, but someone who is close and chooses to turn away. 

And what is the law?

Jesus said it is summed up in two things:

To love God

To love your neighbour.

And Luke Ch10 Jesus answers the question of who our neighbour is:

A person.

Jesus asks us to look past our biases, our religious training, our cultural constraints, beyond the labels, and see the person.

And then he calls us into the domain of action, of stepping towards, of meeting needs, restoring justice. 

Our stories may not be as dramatic as the one Jesus tells, it might start with smiling as we pass strangers in the street, being kind to the shop assistant, treating our team, classmates, teachers, parents, children with respect...this is "not turning our ear away from the law" but turning our hearts towards who Jesus calls us to love. 

The next person, the stranger, our neighbour

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