Compassion

If I’m going to be more like Jesus, then I need to cultivate compassion in my heart. I’m not a hard or hateful person, but I can be. I’ve been taken advantage of more times than I can count by people simply begging or asking for help. It’s hard to separate those in genuine need and those who are playing me and the system to get something for nothing. Jesus’ compassion was deep for the sick, the cripple and the confused. Check this out….

³⁵ Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. ³⁶ When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.³⁷ He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. ³⁸ So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” (Matthew 9:35-38 NLT)

I need to see people as Jesus sees them.

I need to cultivate compassion for the sick, hurting, confused, and lost.

The more I look at Jesus’ life and ministry, the more I see His compassion. The more I see His compassion, the more called I feel to love like He loves. It’s easier to write about than to actually do it.

I’m thankful for His patience with me when I miss the moment of helping another.

I’m thankful that He still helps me, even when I’m not paying attention.

I’m thankful for His compassion even when my heart gets hard.

It’s easy to have compassion on my family and closest friends. It’s a bit more challenging to love arrogant, hard and hateful people. I’m called to have compassion on them too. This is really hard until I realize that I didn’t do anything to deserve His compassion on me.

Pressing On!

Dwayne