Have you ever felt as though the people you’re trying to serve, or the people you’ve been trying to minister to don’t understand you? Maybe they even tell you that you can’t relate with where they are. Lately I’ve been blown away by something God has shown me.
As we know Jesus worked in many ways that are hard for us to sometimes follow. He managed to work in Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, and Self Control. (Fruit of the Holy Spirit) Today I want to focus on something that can help us to work in these things. I feel we as Christians need to be marked by more in our week. I’m talking about
COMPASSION
Four times in the Gospel of Matthew alone it says Jesus was driven by compassion. My favorite one is Matthew 9:35-36
“35Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
His travels, his teaching, preaching, and his healings were all feed by his Compassion for the crowd. Let me pose some questions to you! When you feel someone is interacting with you and they have compassion for where you are, do you feel more love? Do you feel they have a better understanding of you? Do you feel you would love to talk to them more? I do… To all the above!
See when we work out of compassion, our walk becomes more effective. What we say becomes more meaningful. Our love for that individual becomes deeper. It’s when we decide that they don’t deserve compassion or mercy that we become ineffective. God read the word for yourself, Jesus was always effective and he changed lives when he worked out of COMPASSION!
This is good bro. Compassion is such a strong thing, able to tear down walls, and reach the darkest of hearts.
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