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Samaritan State of Mind

Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?” And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”-Luke 10:30:37

Had a twitter conversation with my brother @street_apostle and he said “I wonder how life would be if we thought more about Christ and others then ourselves?” My brother asked this question with the intent to provoke thought and stir up the hearts of other believers because it is the will of God as Jesus said:

“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.”-Luke 10:27

The story of the Good Samaritan is a great example of how the Christian should think every day. Jesus has given us all gifts and it is our duty to use those gifts to help others. Whatever resources we have available it is our job to use those resources to help others. Don’t be like the priest and the Levite that came down the road and saw the man naked, wounded and half dead and crossed to the other side leaving the man there to die. Some of us drive great distances every week to church and on the way we pass up soul after soul. We get to church we worship, we learn and then we drive back home passing up soul after soul again. We may have gotten what we needed but it is our duty to take what we have received and share it with others. Let the church be the beginning of your ministry instead of the end of your ministry. Let’s go out into the highways and byways searching for the wounded, half dead, and naked and let’s show mercy and compassion on those. Let’s do the work of our Lord and Love our neighbors.-Amen