March 24
Luke 6:12-38
How close would you say that your perspective of things matches God’s? We see a few potential challenges to our perspective in Luke 6. When Jesus is about to make a big decision about his disciples, he goes off and spends time with the Father. There is nothing wrong with getting advice from others and doing research, but are you talking to God about the decisions you make? If our perspective is like Jesus, then we need to be spending lots of time with God. We see Jesus giving us a proper perspective of blessing. We often think that blessing is equivalent to material prosperity, but verses 20-22 shows us that blessing is not about acquiring the things of this world, but instead about our relationship with God. If our perspective is like Jesus, then we will view true blessing through the lenses of eternity.
Finally, Jesus gives us a proper perspective about our relationships— we are to love all people. We often treat others how they treat us, but Jesus calls us to radical love for all. He says to “love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” We are to move towards those we find difficult with radical love that reflects the love we have received from Jesus. We need to make sure we are not opening ourselves up to abuse or harm, but we do need to go well beyond what most of us are comfortable doing. If our perspective is like Jesus then we will view people the way he does.
Father God, give me your vision for my decisions and your heart for people. Amen.
How can you more effectively view things from God’s perspective?
How close would you say that your perspective of things matches God’s? We see a few potential challenges to our perspective in Luke 6. When Jesus is about to make a big decision about his disciples, he goes off and spends time with the Father. There is nothing wrong with getting advice from others and doing research, but are you talking to God about the decisions you make? If our perspective is like Jesus, then we need to be spending lots of time with God. We see Jesus giving us a proper perspective of blessing. We often think that blessing is equivalent to material prosperity, but verses 20-22 shows us that blessing is not about acquiring the things of this world, but instead about our relationship with God. If our perspective is like Jesus, then we will view true blessing through the lenses of eternity.
Finally, Jesus gives us a proper perspective about our relationships— we are to love all people. We often treat others how they treat us, but Jesus calls us to radical love for all. He says to “love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” We are to move towards those we find difficult with radical love that reflects the love we have received from Jesus. We need to make sure we are not opening ourselves up to abuse or harm, but we do need to go well beyond what most of us are comfortable doing. If our perspective is like Jesus then we will view people the way he does.
Father God, give me your vision for my decisions and your heart for people. Amen.
How can you more effectively view things from God’s perspective?
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