It is to cheer them on as they lean on Christ and to sit with them in their lament. To love our neighbour is to want to see these blessings for them too: wanting to see God restore their lives, see their chains broken. Loving yourself means to forgive yourself as God has forgiven you.
Now, about ‘loving your neighbour as yourself’ – it all depends on how you love yourself! Loving yourself means allowing God to come into your life to restore you, to break unhealthy chains. When we are in step with God, there is unity.
God is the source and strength behind every loving deed we do for our neighbours and towards ourselves. ‘Loving your neighbour as yourself’ hinges heavily on loving the Lord first and foremost. This verse shows our first love should be God and that we must not let anything take his place. Disunity happens when every ‘me’ is at centre stage and God is pushed to the side. There’s disunity within and among churches – God’s very own people. It’s everywhere: our workplaces, homes, even within ourselves. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.’Įvery day I am bombarded with so much heart-breaking disunity and confusion in the world. ‘The most important ,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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