Severing Others

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them…” Matthew 7:12, ESV

The verse above is from the Sermon on the Mountain when Jesus was speaking to a large crowd about righteous living. Jesus does not tell the people to do anything He has not already done. As He is teaching this message, He’s already set the example. He came into this world in a human body to die for sin He never committed so that all who chose to accept His gift would be saved from eternal death.

That is why I love this time of year. I know it is not the actual month or day Jesus was born, but the season of celebrating His birth brings with it a heart of giving. There are all kinds of different programs asking us to give to the unhoused and those that are in need. I heard the story of a young lady who was on her way to work but had to stop to get gas. It was an extremely cold day, and she did not want to get out of her car. As she contemplated getting out to put the gas in her car, she noticed a gentleman covered in blankets lying on the sidewalk not too far from the gas station.

She said her heart was so heavy for him that when she went in to pay for her gas, she bought a cup of hot coffee and took it to the man. He was grateful. That simple little act of kindness is what Jesus is talking about. At that moment she was Jesus’s hands and feet to one of His special souls who had fallen on difficult times. In the scripture above, all Jesus was telling the people to do is show God’s love.

My prayer is that we will follow Jesus’s instructions at all times, not because we are in a season of giving but because the world is healed through love. Amen.

Affirmations; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11

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