Startled By Selflessness
Tim Melton
Luke 10:25-37
We live in a world that is often characterized by selfishness. Because of this it is always refreshing when we encounter a person who is selfless. The person who is considerate, hospitable, and there to recognize and meet the simplest of needs in the moment. The person who has no problem going last, yielding to others, or serving in secret. The person who truly celebrates our successes and helps us move quickly past our failures. The person who is not easily offended and has no need to win the debate. The person who is thoroughly convinced that it is better to give than to receive. The person who listens when we speak, and sits with us in the midst of our pain. The person who is familiar with laughter, contentment, sacrifice and grace. These are the people that startle us with their selflessness.
In Christ we see the same. Let us pray and seek to made like Him as we study His Word together.
In Luke 10 we find Jesus in a familiar situation. He was teaching a group of people. At one point a lawyer stood up and sought to test Jesus, saying, ''Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?'' In response Jesus asked, ''What is written in the Law? How do you read it?'' The lawyer answered, ''You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.'' And Jesus said to him, ''You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.''
But the lawyer was not content with this being the end of the answer. He sought a definition of ''neighbor'' that would show him to be amongst the religious faithful, those who were inheriting eternal life. So, he said to Jesus, ''Who is my neighbor?''
In response Jesus told this story.
''A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going dow ...
Tim Melton
Luke 10:25-37
We live in a world that is often characterized by selfishness. Because of this it is always refreshing when we encounter a person who is selfless. The person who is considerate, hospitable, and there to recognize and meet the simplest of needs in the moment. The person who has no problem going last, yielding to others, or serving in secret. The person who truly celebrates our successes and helps us move quickly past our failures. The person who is not easily offended and has no need to win the debate. The person who is thoroughly convinced that it is better to give than to receive. The person who listens when we speak, and sits with us in the midst of our pain. The person who is familiar with laughter, contentment, sacrifice and grace. These are the people that startle us with their selflessness.
In Christ we see the same. Let us pray and seek to made like Him as we study His Word together.
In Luke 10 we find Jesus in a familiar situation. He was teaching a group of people. At one point a lawyer stood up and sought to test Jesus, saying, ''Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?'' In response Jesus asked, ''What is written in the Law? How do you read it?'' The lawyer answered, ''You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.'' And Jesus said to him, ''You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.''
But the lawyer was not content with this being the end of the answer. He sought a definition of ''neighbor'' that would show him to be amongst the religious faithful, those who were inheriting eternal life. So, he said to Jesus, ''Who is my neighbor?''
In response Jesus told this story.
''A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going dow ...
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