Lazaroo – Wednesday, February 2, 2011
No comments, Feb 02, 2011
Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud to God, in Spirit-heightened awareness:
“…make every effort…to add to your faith…brotherly kindness…”
(2 Peter 1:5-7)
This one puzzles me a bit, Jesus.
I thought “brotherly kindness” was more of an entry level virtue –
something even a non-believer could pull off without too much trouble.
But if You’re telling me to “make every effort” to add this to my character…
it must be tougher than I thought.
Maybe I’m confusing being kind…
with merely being polite.
Wow.
When I go to Your Word to discover the answer
I don’t even make it out of the Book of Genesis
before it begins to dawn on me:
brotherly kindness is incredibly vigorous.
It may require me to go far, far, far out of my way
include a major disruption in my own plans
change the course of my whole life
just to help somebody else.
Whew.
Gotcha.
I’m gonna need Your help on this one.
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Genesis 19:19; Genesis 24:12-14; Genesis 32:10; Genesis 39:20-21; Genesis 40:14; Genesis 49:27-31; Acts 4:9; Acts 14:17; Romans 2:4
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