Growing up as a 2nd generation Korean American, the word “honor” brings conflicting feelings. Culturally, honor plays a significant role in Korean culture. Those older, more educated, wealthier, in higher positions of power, and male are given more respect. Growing up in the Korean American church, I often saw people repeating the same customs that had oppressed them in Korea. I was expected to treat certain individuals better because I was younger, less educated, less powerful, and female. So, for me, honor was often an unfair, superficial, and forced custom.
In James, I find a lot of freedom from these types of cultural norms. James reminds us that God turns our worldly values upside down and says we are to honor the poor. God values those on the margins and sees those who are unseen. We are invited to join God in this new way of seeing and being, to love like God, and to treat others with respect (to honor them). After all, we are ALL created in the image of God.
As we are called to continue to reorient ourselves to God’s ways instead of the culture around us, what cultural norms has God called us to turn upside down? What would it be like to acknowledge, respect, and honor someone we usually do not? What could we do differently? I pray that God gives us opportunities to see people differently and honor them like Christ this week.
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