Day 50 – Do to others as God has done for you.
Todays Reading: Deuteronomy 23 – 25
“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widows garment in pledge, but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.” Deuteronomy 24:17-18
We’ve all heard the saying, “Do unto others as you would have them do to you,” but God wants us to do for others because of what He has DONE for us. Sometimes it’s hard to do for others because we have a hard time thinking that they would ever do the same in return, but God has already done so much for us.
Just think of Jesus, the Son of God…beaten, carrying the cross that he would eventually be NAILED to, nails being hammered into his hands and feet, being spit on, screamed at, mocked, and stabbed through with a sword so his blood would pour out. God allowed all of this to happen so that YOU would be saved.
Since God has saved us through His Son, not for any reason but LOVE, can’t we love others, those unlike ourselves. He wants us to show love and justice to those who look different than we do, who have more and less than we do, who are alone or abandoned, who are fleeing for safety and a different life, and our own enemies. God desires for all of His people, ALL of us who are CALLED BY HIS NAME, to love ALL, so that ALL will see and know Him through our love.
It may seem like a crazy notion, to love like this, but He already did it for us, so why shouldn’t we do this for Him?!
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