“For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is
fulfilled in one precept, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is,
you shall have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their
benefit].”
Galatians 5:14 Amplified
It is not always easy to take something very
complicated and reduce it down to its’ simplest form.
Jesus did it with the Law and here Paul does the same.
The whole Law in one precept!
It is as if Paul is saying –
‘Listen up, I am about to tell you everything you need
to know about the law concerning human relationships in 7 words –
“You shall love you neighbor as yourself.”’
That’s it?
That’s it!
If we love our neighbor as we love ourselves we have fulfilled
the entire law.
Imagine that!
No wonder it is important to know how to love
ourselves biblically.
Without that, we cannot love others as we should.
A question to ask ourselves is: “Am I a ‘pro-active
lover’?
Do I look for ways to love others?
Do I go out of my way to bless them?
We cannot just sit back in our easy chairs of life and
wait for some ‘great personal revelation’ to lead us to do what is right and
good for others.
We already have that through the Gospels and all of
the New Testament.
Are you an ‘active lover’?
Are you actively blessing and loving others today?
Love that is a mere kind thought from the comfort of
your own life directed to someone who is struggling is not the love that God demonstrated
for us.
His thoughts took action.
Ours need to also!
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