6 August 2012
Matthew 22:39 And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself.
In every congregation one would find those that are grieving, hurting, broken in some way or other, others are filled with fear of failure others struggling with poor bank balances. Very often the person sitting in the pew comes to church with a very deep need for God to answer their prayers. At the same time we find that people would share a pew and the person sitting in the same pew is a stranger to them, they may have shared that pew for twenty years.
Jesus said that we must love our neighbour and we know that He defined our neighbour as a person in need, hurt, abandoned, unable to speak, rejected and discarded. Many of us seldom bring ourselves to recognise who our neighbour actually are, so the result is that we pass our neighbour by. Our neighbour is the person that lives next door, it is the person in the next office, it is the person in the pew. So how can you love someone you do not know. You simply make the effort, even if you are rejected or ridiculed for it, you are doing it for Jesus.
Be encouraged today to take time to know your neighbour, and then help them in some way.
David
Point to ponder: Love your neighbour.
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