“...where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord....
Psalm 121:1-2 NIV
As we continue in this series of posts,
we are to kindness and I believe that this is one of the easiest to see in
Jesus and find help.
Jesus didn’t care who it was, what had
done, what they were doing, or where they had come from. Jesus was kind -
period. Jesus modeled the ultimate kindness. We see this throughout His
ministry. Here a few examples:
In John 4, we see Jesus go through Samaria
in order to meet the woman at the well. The woman goes to the well to draw
water. She's going at a time when she could be alone and away from people. She
has been outcasted by the people of the town because of the mistakes that she
has made in the past. So you can imagine her surprise when she gets to the well
and finds Jesus sitting there. But she gets something different from Jesus that
she had not gotten in a while - kindness, compassion and love. Jesus does bring
forth her mistakes but He does it in a way that wasn't condemning. So because
of this she went back into town and most of the town came to see Jesus and this
let to great revival in the town.
In John 8, Jesus is faced with a woman
who had been caught in adultery. The Pharisees brought her to Jesus telling Him
that she should be stoned for being caught in such an act. But Jesus sides with
the woman and tells all who are there to stone her if they are without sin.
Everyone leaves and Jesus tells her to go and “sin no more.” Jesus showed her kindness
in the face of everyone that wanted kill her.
In Luke 19, Jesus shows kindness to a
“wee little man”. Come on you know the song! Zacchaeus has climbed a tree just
to get a glimpse of Jesus. As Jesus passed by the tree Zacchaeus was in - He
hollered up a Him to come down because He was coming over. This lead to a
revival in Zacchaeus’ house.
There are many more stories in the
Bible of how Jesus showed kindness. It was who He was. He came to show
kindness. He came to be kind.
So eyes up! Jesus gives us the best
example for kindness - ever. If we are to be kind like He was - we need to see
how He did it.
Jesus didn’t care that the woman was a
Samaritan - a major rival of the Jews - He knew that she needed someone one to
be kind to her. Jesus didn’t care the woman was caught in adultery - He was
just kind to her. Jesus didn’t care that Zacchaeus was a tax collector - known
for being a thief - He was just kind to him.
So really I think that Jesus was
showing us that we need to be kind to everyone. Period.
But that really doesn’t come natural to
me. I’m working on it and they only way I’m getting better is with my eyes up
and seeing how Jesus did it.
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other,
just as in Christ God forgave you.” - Ephesians 4:32 NIV
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