Have you seen the way children with behavioral issues react on certain things? They may show some tantrums, cry or even become so aggressive and intolerent. How do we view them? We think that they do everything deliberately and try to confront them in the worst possible ways. We shout, yell and scream at them in the pretext of correcting and disciplining them. Why? Because we have not understood their thought process. We have no clue about what is going on inside them. We just try to force our views and disciplining strategies on them without even realizing their need and in abilities.
Now, imagine that each of us are people with behavioral issues and assume God would deal with us in the same way as we do with our children. How would that be? Would we be spared for the sort of atrocities we do in and out during our lives, even after getting old and think that we are "correct" in everything and have become "holier" than others? Is God trying to thrust a set of rules on us even after knowing that we have our own limitations and weaknesses? How many of us would have been spared if God had not abolished the ten commandments?
All of us have one problem or the other in our lives and all of us have our own burdens and weaknesses to carry. Only God can understand our concerns and worries as He created us. We are so precious to Him and that is the reason He doesn't get angry with us for every wrong thing we do. Instead, His grace and love covers us. It is because of His sheer grace and mercies that we are alive and are spared.
And, God expects us to do the same with others. He wants us to be people with compassion on others. God wants us to live without cheating others. God expects us to be genuine in all that we do. God doesn't want us to show partiality in anything and act otherwise on the outside.
God sees through our hearts rather than just the outside smart behaviour of us. He knows what is inside there and we can't fool him just in the way we walk fooling others around.
Let us be people who love others genorously, live without selfish motives, help others, seek and offer forgiveness and more importantly show the attitude of "Jesus Christ" to every one whom we come across.
God chose to love us even when were wicked and dead in sin. In front of this amazing love, even our best intent or works in this world would look as filthy rags. But, God honours our attitude. When we pray for someone or show our concern, love and empathy for other's problem, God honours that and He would never let you go empty handed for it.
John 15:13 says "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." and Jesus Christ practically demonstrated it on the cross. We are no way worthy of such an amazing love, but yet God chose to love and heal us from our sins.
Let us be people who honour this great God of ours by practicing what He preached. Let us love one another, let us help one another, let us pray for one another and in this way, God is glorified and honoured. Let us take our worries and concerns to God in prayer and also understand that He expects us to show the same kindness and love towards others. In this way, we can have a fulfilled and complete life. God bless you!
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