Today's Devotional: The Upper Room Daily Devotion "Neighbors of Compassion" for Monday, 20 April 2015 - Scripture: Luke 10:25 An expert in Torah stood up to try and trap him by asking, “Rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?” 26 But Yeshua said to him, “What is written in the Torah? How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “You are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself.”[a] 28 “That’s the right answer,” Yeshua said. “Do this, and you will have life.”
29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Yeshua, “And who is my ‘neighbor’?” 30 Taking up the question, Yeshua said: “A man was going down from Yerushalayim to Yericho when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him naked and beat him up, then went off, leaving him half dead. 31 By coincidence, a cohen was going down on that road; but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levi who reached the place and saw him also passed by on the other side.
33 “But a man from Shomron who was traveling came upon him; and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion. 34 So he went up to him, put oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them. Then he set him on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day, he took out two days’ wages, gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Look after him; and if you spend more than this, I’ll pay you back when I return.’ 36 Of these three, which one seems to you to have become the ‘neighbor’ of the man who fell among robbers?” 37 He answered, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Yeshua said to him, “You go and do as he did.”[Footnotes:
Luke 10:27 Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18]
The lawyer asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”[Luke 10:29 (NRSV)]
On April 15, 2013 two bombs exploded in Boston, Massachusetts during the Boston Marathon. At least three people were killed and many others severely injured.
As I listened later in the week to the latest news on this horrific event, I noticed that people from across the country began to show compassion for the victims, helping in whatever ways they could.
When a lawyer in today’s reading approached Jesus, he asked which was the greatest commandment. Jesus asked the man what was written in the Law. The lawyer answered correctly, but he questioned Jesus further: “Who is my neighbor?”
Jesus then told him a parable about a good Samaritan. The one who showed compassion to the man injured by robbers proved to be the real neighbor — just as did those who showed compassion for the people in Boston, people they did not even know. They all showed the love that our Lord expects us to show for anyone in need. They were the true neighbors.
The Author: Roger E. Brannon (Florida, USA)
Thought for the Day: Today I can show God’s love to hurting people.
Prayer: Dear Lord, today and every day help us understand what a true neighbor is. May we see and respond to those who need your love expressed through our acts of compassion. Amen.
Prayer focus: Survivors Of Violent Acts
29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Yeshua, “And who is my ‘neighbor’?” 30 Taking up the question, Yeshua said: “A man was going down from Yerushalayim to Yericho when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him naked and beat him up, then went off, leaving him half dead. 31 By coincidence, a cohen was going down on that road; but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levi who reached the place and saw him also passed by on the other side.
33 “But a man from Shomron who was traveling came upon him; and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion. 34 So he went up to him, put oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them. Then he set him on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day, he took out two days’ wages, gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Look after him; and if you spend more than this, I’ll pay you back when I return.’ 36 Of these three, which one seems to you to have become the ‘neighbor’ of the man who fell among robbers?” 37 He answered, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Yeshua said to him, “You go and do as he did.”[Footnotes:
Luke 10:27 Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18]
The lawyer asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”[Luke 10:29 (NRSV)]
On April 15, 2013 two bombs exploded in Boston, Massachusetts during the Boston Marathon. At least three people were killed and many others severely injured.
As I listened later in the week to the latest news on this horrific event, I noticed that people from across the country began to show compassion for the victims, helping in whatever ways they could.
When a lawyer in today’s reading approached Jesus, he asked which was the greatest commandment. Jesus asked the man what was written in the Law. The lawyer answered correctly, but he questioned Jesus further: “Who is my neighbor?”
Jesus then told him a parable about a good Samaritan. The one who showed compassion to the man injured by robbers proved to be the real neighbor — just as did those who showed compassion for the people in Boston, people they did not even know. They all showed the love that our Lord expects us to show for anyone in need. They were the true neighbors.
The Author: Roger E. Brannon (Florida, USA)
Thought for the Day: Today I can show God’s love to hurting people.
Prayer: Dear Lord, today and every day help us understand what a true neighbor is. May we see and respond to those who need your love expressed through our acts of compassion. Amen.
Prayer focus: Survivors Of Violent Acts
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