Day 149 - Luke Saturday (chapters 5-6)
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek offer the other also.” (Luke 6:27 ESV)
What Jesus is telling us to do with our enemies goes completely against how most of us react to such people. We want to get even. We want to pay them back. As for turning the other cheek, how could He actually be serious? We see how serious He is when we remember all that He took on our behalf as He suffered and died for us. In fact, it is at the cross that we find both the example and the power to forgive our enemies. The One who said: “Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing,” has forgiven us too! Yes, just as Jesus loves His enemies, we now get to love our enemies.
“We love because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19 ESV)
Lord teach us how to proclaim,
All Your goodness, Your love and Your name!
Lord teach us how to forgive,
and in love, teach us Lord, how to live. Amen.
[Words by Terry Dittmer, copyright 1983]
Be the love of Christ to all today.
“See” you in church tomorrow.
Pastor David Paape
The following link is to the 52 Week Reading Plan Bible upon which these devotions are based. http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.pdf
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