Yesterday I shared the answer Jesus gave when asked, "What is the Greatest commandment?" (Matthew 22:37)
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.
But Jesus didn't stop there. He then continued and quoted Leviticus 19:18,
"And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." vv39-40
I love how simple Jesus makes this for us. "It's simple," as Preacher Mike says, "but it's hard!"
To love people when they don't deserve it, to love people when they have done us harm, to love people when they misunderstand us... sounds like the life of Jesus doesn't it? When he tells us to love others, he is not saying it flippantly, after all, he knows how to love people even when they nail him to a cross.
Love God, and love people. They are two sides of the same coin. Loving God leads to loving people, and we love people out of our love for God.
Think for a moment about the people in your life. The ones you truly enjoy spending time with. And then some that you could quite frankly, do without.
Can we make the choice to obey Jesus and love them all?
