We’ve all been in
situations where our emotions have grabbed the wheel and driven us completely
into a ditch. Or maybe you’re not as bad as I am so perhaps you simply chose to
ignore a situation that warranted a response. Perhaps tradition, routine, habit
or other priorities simply trumped the appropriate response to an issue.
Well, there I was
dealing with an issue that I would have chosen to ignore for my own peace sake
when I remembered a simple question a minister challenged the audience to ask
themselves before responding to any situation. The question was simply “What does
love require of me?”
If you're a follower of
Jesus, it's a very easy question to ask. I must admit that although I
haven't always gotten it right, the pause and the question have certainly made
the appropriate response obvious. I've found that love loosens our grip
to be right, to win or to control. It helps us to grab hold of Jesus's
words in Matthew 22:37-39 - “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest
commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as
yourself.”
Love makes the right
decision obvious, provides appropriate answers to tough questions and throws regret right out the
window.
I’d like to challenge
you, whether it be a situation with your family, a friend, a neighbor or even a
stranger, pause and ask yourself the question “What does love require of me?”
before responding. I guarantee the appropriate response will become
obvious and not only will your human relationships change, but so will your
relationship with Christ. I have a feeling that that’s the very question Jesus
asked before dying for you and for me. After all, love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13 - 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not
boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not
self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does
not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.
Love Always,
Shy
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