If
You Are Kind Only To Your Friends,
How
Are You Different From Anyone Else?
Even
Pagans Do That.
Scripture
Matthew
5
46 If you
love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even
corrupt tax collectors do that much.
47 If you
are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone
else? Even pagans do that.
Observation
Random
acts of kindness … If you love only those who love you, what reward
is there for that? It is easy to love people that love us back, but
what about someone who hates our guts, or who is mad at us, or
someone who we don't even know.
Jesus
says that we are to love them and shower them with kindness.
Matthew
5 has so much good stuff in it that it is hard to pick one verse or
even two to write about but the word “kind” jumped out at me this
morning.
So
I need to look around and see who needs to receive an “Random act
of kindness” from me.
Why
don't you look around and see who needs one from you?
“Be kind to
each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through
Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
Psalm
41:1
Oh,
the joys of those who are kind to
the poor! The Lord rescues
them when they are in trouble.
Psalm
116:5
How kind the Lord is!
How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!
Proverbs
3:3
Never
let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as
a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
Proverbs
16:24
Kind words
are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
Ephesians
4:32
Instead,
be kind to
each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through
Christ has forgiven you.
1
Corinthians 13:4
Love
is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
Application
I
will look for the opportunity to be kind to someone today. How about
you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, it is so obvious to me that we live in a world filled with
hate and violence and meanness. I guess that is why You command us to
love one another and to show kindness to one another. Help me to
always see the best in people. Help me to love them with Your love.
Give me Your heart for those around me. Show me someone today that
needs to be encouraged.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 20,21; Psalm 34; Matthew 5
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