God Quote-Love Your Enemies

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of God’s Word, this is what the LORD says in Luke 6:27.

Jesus said, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”

Living out the Gospel in the way of Jesus goes against the grain of human understanding. The way of the world is to love those who love us back and to do good to those who treat us well. That is how ordinary love is expressed. But extraordinary love seeks to bless those who curse us, and pray for those who do not treat us respectfully.

You might say this is humanly impossible, but with God’s grace having an impact on our heart, this becomes a powerful expression of God’s love flowing through us.

Jesus went on to say that if we love our enemies and do good to them, then our reward will be great.

Luke 6:27-that’s today’s God Quote for us to embrace for Life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com