More than Oneself

“‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

  • Leviticus 19:18

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

  • Deuteronomy 31:6-8

For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Galatians 5:14

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”

  • Hebrews 13:5

Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach all day long.
But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
    indeed, I cannot.

  • Jeremiah 20:8-9

“The man who is contented to be only himself, and therefore less a self, is in prison. My own eyes are not enough for me, I will see through those of others.”

  • C. S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism

There is a double meaning in the C. S. Lewis quote.

Once Christ is within us, we are never just ourselves.  Jesus is within us, and He will never forsake us.

But something happens within us when we accept Jesus.  Love fills our heart, and we must share that love.  As Jeremiah wrote, it is a fire within us that cannot be held within us.  It must come out.  It emerges in different ways for each of us, but it must come out.

And in so doing, we are not just living for ourselves, we are living for someone else.  We cannot all be great evangelists who bring hundreds, thousands, millions to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  But we can be the one that shows love for a neighbor.  That neighbor may not know Jesus.  That neighbor may not accept Jesus as their Savior, but our job is to show that love.

For we do not see life through just our own eyes.  We see life through the eyes of others.  We weep when they weep.  We cheer when they cheer.  And we laugh together.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.

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    “‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

    Leviticus 19:18
    Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
    Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

    Deuteronomy 31:6-8
    For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

    Galatians 5:14
    Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
    “Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”

    Hebrews 13:5
    Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.
    So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach all day long.
    But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”
    his word is in my heart like a fire,
    a fire shut up in my bones.
    I am weary of holding it in;
    indeed, I cannot.

    Jeremiah 20:8-9
    “The man who is contented to be only himself, and therefore less a self, is in prison. My own eyes are not enough for me, I will see through those of others.”

    C. S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism
    There is a double meaning in the C. S. Lewis quote.

    Once Christ is within us, we are never just ourselves. Jesus is within us, and He will never forsake us.

    But something happens within us when we accept Jesus. Love fills our heart, and we must share that love. As Jeremiah wrote, it is a fire within us that cannot be held within us. It must come out. It emerges in different ways for each of us, but it must come out.

    And in so doing, we are not just living for ourselves, we are living for someone else. We cannot all be great evangelists who bring hundreds, thousands, millions to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. But we can be the one that shows love for a neighbor. That neighbor may not know Jesus. That neighbor may not accept Jesus as their Savior, but our job is to show that love.

    For we do not see life through just our own eyes. We see life through the eyes of others. We weep when they weep. We cheer when they cheer. And we laugh together.

    Soli Deo Gloria. Only to God be the Glory.

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