Re:Verse passage – Proverbs 31:8 (day seven)
Open your mouth for the mute,
For the rights of all the unfortunate.
Last week I ended with a question: Do we care? Do we care that others around us are suffering? Do we care that injustice is happening around us from the womb to the tomb? We should care.
Did Jesus care? I think we all know the answer to that question. Jesus’ command to “Love Your Neighbor” is not limited to those whom we care about within our circle, but for all His children made in His image. Embedded in the command to “Love Your Neighbor” is to care about the suffering of your neighbor.
Who is Your neighbor? Jesus was asked the same question in Luke 10 and his answer is found in vs 36-37: Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”
You too Christian, go and do the same.
