We Are God, God Is Us
“Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”
Genesis 24:49 (NIV)
These words are found in the very beginning of the bible. The question arises for many of us, “How do I show kindness and faithfulness to my master?”
By praying?
By attending church?
By reading my bible?
The answer is yes. But there is more.
The question remains, “Who is my master?”
God?
Jesus?
The Holy Spirit?
Again, the answer is yes. But again, there is more.
Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 2:17 (NIV)
The answer is right there. The brotherhood of believers. A brotherhood and sisterhood created by Christ Himself to unite us under the umbrella of His love and compassion. Show respect to EVERYONE. Your neighbor. The clerk at the grocery store. He who casts stones upon you. EVERYONE.
Trust me, I know how difficult it can be to extend your kindness to those who have hurt you. Yet it was not EASY for Jesus to die on the cross to erase our sins. It was not EASY for God to send His only child to die for us. Life isn’t easy. Being a Christian isn’t easy. Loving everyone around you isn’t easy.
But it is what we are called to do.
Forgive the sins of others, just as Jesus forgave us. Extend a healing hand to those who have hurt or betrayed us, for God’s hand is outreached for each and every one of us.
“And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ‘ ”
Genesis 20:13 (NIV)
There is God in all of us. We are all in God. Even those who don’t believe deserve the same love and kindness. After all, God doesn’t believe in atheists. God doesn’t believe anyone’s heart is completely devoid of any thought or joy for Him.
It is our job, as believers in Christ, to open the eyes and hearts of those around us by ACTING in the ways God has taught us. Reach out your hands. Speak kind words with your mouth. Heal the hurts of the past. Forgive. Walk in Christ’s light.
Lord, help us to walk in the light of Your love and kindness. Give us the strength and power to reach out to those we may have hurt or who may have hurt us and heal the scars that remain. Guide our hearts to treat everyone we meet as if we are meeting you, our Savior, Himself. This we pray in Jesus’s name.
How can YOU be a better Christian TODAY? RIGHT NOW?
Thanks for this.
May the Lord Jesus Christ give us the grace to love as we ought. We are not God, but if God through Christ lives within us, His Holy Spirit will definitely supply the power and grace to love others.
God bless you.
I needed this today.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi CJ,
Powerful post. I know how deeply you feel these words.
Blessings my friend, Lynn
It isn’t easy to love those who don’t love us and I think it’s even harder to do good to those who would hurt us. But that is what we are called to do. Thank you for this beautiful reminder CJ.
CJ, sometimes it is hard to extend the love to the ones we don’t get along with too well. But Christ in us can help us.
I have some issues with a co-worker, and every time I get a little irritated, I just think of Him to get me back on the right track.
Thank you for sharing…
Be blessed today and always.
It is really not easy for us to show love to everyone, even to those whom we dislike. But thank the Lord, that count on him, we can learn to love.
I remember I read a sentence before about love, it like this” love is when you feel that you could not show your love to others, you should try to show it…”