Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven (Colossians 4:1 ESV)
Fair
I’m no medical doctor, but I am pretty skilled at removing slivers and splinters. You see, I have had a lot of them. I know what it feels like to have a sliver, to remove a sliver, and to recover from slivers.
And that same concept should make us fair in any situation in which we have authority. And we all have authority somewhere. There is an old Appalachian saying, “the youngest child kicks the dog.”
God, in absolute authority over us, is fair. More than that He is gracious. He has acted this way towards us because He really, really, really loves us. And also so we can get pretty good at being fair, ourselves.
Just like slivering makes me a good sliverer, having a great Master makes us good masters, too.
We are peculiar, we understand, ‘fair.’