“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."Matthew 7:9-12
As we prepare for Easter, where we celebrate the greatest gift ever given, Jesus reminds me to love my neighbors, to "do to others what you would have them do to you !" AW Tozer shares with us the following thoughts about loving and revering our fellow man,
"The Christian cannot close his eyes to good and evil in his fellow men. He cannot avoid rendering moral judgment on the deeds of men; and, indeed, he is accountable to do so. “By their fruit you will recognize them.” From such turn away. But his disapprobation of the evil ways of men must not betray him into contempt for them as human beings. He must reverence the humanity of every man, however degraded, out of appreciation for his divine origin. No one for whom Christ died can be common or worthless. Humanity itself must be honored as the garment assumed by the Eternal Son in the Incarnation. To esteem anyone worthless who wears the form of a man is to be guilty of an affront to the Son of Man. We should hate sin in ourselves and in all men, but we should never undervalue the man in whom the sin is found. Matthew 7:16
In today's world of strife and bitterness, I need reminded that God so valued that person standing against me that He dies for them too! Lord please soften my heart and help me to see others as you see them! Join me in reading Matthew 7 and be encouraged!
