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Feeling what other people feel, being concerned, and showing that you care. In other words, when you see somebody in need, you feel their pain. You take time to comfort them. When somebody is discouraged, you feel that discouragement. You take it to heart and you do your best to cheer them up. If you see somebody struggling finically, you do not just part them on the back and give them a quick. No, you take time for them and you do what you can to help. You are a genuine concern, you show them that you really care.
Everywhere you go these days people are hurting. People are discourages, many have broken dreams. They have made mistakes and now their lives are in a mess. They need to feel God’s compassion and His unconditional love. They do not need somebody to judge and curarize them or to tell them what they are doing wrong. They need somebody to bring hope, somebody to bring hope, and somebody to show God’s mercy. Really, they are looking for a friend, somebody who will be there to encourage them, who will take the time to listen to their store and genuinely care.
This world is desperate to experience the love and compassion of our God. More than any other human attribute, I believe our world is crying out for people with compassion, people who love unconditionally, people who will take some time to help their fellow.
I do not want to be inconvenienced. Do not bother me with your problems. I have got enough problems of my own. If anyone sees his brother in need yet closes his heart of compassion, how can the love of God be in him? God’s word implies that we have a heart of compassion, but the question is whether it is opened or closed.
We are to continually walk in love being guided by love and following love. When God puts love and compassion in your heart toward someone, He is offering you an opportunities to make a difference in that person’s life. You must learn to follow that love. Do not ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have.
God created us, He put His supernatural love in of our hearts. He is placed in you the potential to have a kind, caring, gentle, loving spirit. You have the ability to empathize, to feed what other people are feeling. Because you were created in the image of God, you have the moral capacity to experience God’s compassion in your heart. But too often, because of our own selfishness, we choose to close our hearts to compassion.
How can you tell if your heart is open or closed? Are you concerned about other people, or are you concerned about only yourself? Do you take time to make a difference, to encourage other, to lift their sprits, to make people feel better about themselves? Do you follow the flow of love that God puts in your heart toward somebody in need? Or are you too busy with your own plans?
If you want to live your best life now, you must make sure that you keep your heart of compassion open. We need to be on the lookout for people we can bless. We need to be willing to be interrupted and in convenience every once in a while if it means we can help to meet somebody else’s need.
