Loving Others as Christ Loved Us
When we become Christ followers, God begins a “Remodeling” process to change how we think and live.
One of the first areas He starts to work in is our thinking because our thinking sets the course of our action.
This is why reading and meditating on Scripture is so vital to the process and success of our transformation. Without the steady impute of “What & How” God thinks we will never realize the transformation Jesus is truly after.
This brings me to the scripture I am meditating on this morning in Mark 3:1-5
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
[1] He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.
[2] They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
[3] He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!”
[4] And He said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.
[5] After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
If you have ever wondered what gets God “Ticked off” here is a perfect example. The religious leaders of the day were more concerned with people following their rules than they were in the healing of people’s hearts and minds.
I wonder, am I more concerned with people thinking like me because it brings me comfort that I’m really ok?
Do I minister to people because I want them to discover the healing power of Jesus or because I’m judging them for how they are not like me?
I pray today we love people for who they are in God’s eyes.
Jesus died to set men free ….. What am I doing to see them healed by a loving Heavenly Father?
Pastor Dale
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