DCLM Daily Manna Tuesday 30 July 2024, Daily Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
TOPIC: Who Is Your Neighbour?
SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 10:25-37 (KJV)
KEY VERSE: Luke 10:36,37 – “Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.”
The world is now a global village where diversity and inclusion are crucial, and the question of who is my neighbour is more relevant than ever. For instance, the world marks today as International Friendship Day and advocates against traffic in persons. Everyone is expected to seek the good of others, love and care for them.
Most people think of a neighbour as someone nearby or who shares their location. But it is instructive to know that all humans should be considered as your neighbours and we avoid all forms of cruelty or discrimination against others simply because they are different from you in specific ways. This is underscored in today’s text, where Jesus reveals that neighbourliness transcends racial, tribal, religious, or physical boundaries and extends to our moral and social duties towards others, wherever they are.
Your neighbour is anyone to whom you can show compassion, sympathy, kindness, and empathy, whether or not they share your culture, language, beliefs, or race. The Samaritan who helped the wounded and dying man along Jericho Road was more of a neighbour than the Jewish priest and Levite who did nothing to save his life.
It takes an encounter with Christ to remove the selfishness that hinders our perfect love for God and our neighbours. Faith in Jesus makes us new creatures who can love God wholeheartedly and give our neighbours human goodness. Let Jesus remove the adamic depravity that obstructs the flow of God’s love in your heart so you can be a good neighbour and share the gospel message conveyed with Christlike love and accorded more reception by those in dire need of true neighbourly love.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
A little deed of love and kindness can conquer the hardest of sinners.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Ephesians 4-6
DCLM Daily Manna Tuesday 30 July 2024 Devotional was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria