1 John 2:10 (NIV)
10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in
the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
This age in which we live could hardly be described as
conducive to a sensitiveness of the needs of others. We have developed a veneer
of sophistication and hardness. Abraham Lincoln once said, characteristically,
“I am sorry for the man who can’t feel the whip when it is laid on the other
man’s back.” Much of the world is calloused and indifferent toward mankind’s
poverty and distress. This is due largely to the fact that for many people
there has never been a rebirth. The love of God has never been shed abroad in
their hearts. Many people speak of the social gospel as though it were separate
and apart from the redemptive Gospel. The truth is: there is only one Gospel.
We must be redeemed, we must be made right with God before we can become
sensitive to the needs of others. Divine love, like a reflected sunbeam, shines
down before it radiates out. Unless our hearts are conditioned by the Holy
Spirit to receive and reflect the warmth of God’s compassion, we cannot love
our fellowmen as we ought.
Thought for today:
Do I have derision in my thought and use divisive words and actions?
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