July 28, 2023
Passage Read: Luke 5-6
Meditation Verses: 6:27-31
Thought
This is a hard teaching. I have to love people, even evil people, more than I love my stuff. So much so, that if someone wants to rob me, whether it's to deliberately to attack me or just a random act, I let them take what they want. I pray for them, I bless them. I don't demand back what was taken, I don't fight to keep what is mine.
Application
This really makes me want to have very little, and have stuff I don't really care about. The poor man hears no threat; it's the rich man who cannot sleep for fear of being robbed. But whether rich or poor, I need to care more about even evil people than things. One more reason to not store up treasure on earth (where thieves break in and steal), let my treasure be to tell others about Jesus, though it multiplies enemies, it will also save many souls. All the more reason to get rid of stuff, to remove that barrier to serving the Lord freely.