32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Mark 12:32-33
Do you often think of who your neighbor is, and how it relates to God's commandment? Neighbors typically refer to someone who lives nearby, but I believe this can be expanded to someone who you regularly come into contact with in your daily existence. In the scriptures, neighbor can apply to a friend, companion, fellow or another person and in old testament times it related to fellow countrymen. You can see that it almost encompasses everyone you would come in contact with on a daily basis. How easy is it to love your neighbor in today's society? I would assume your answer would be the same as mine, as not being very easy. Let's put it a different way, how many of your neighbors do you think that God loves? If He wants us to love Him first with all our heart, then He wants us to love others as He loves them. He places this above all other things, including the sacrifices and offerings people made back in the day. If God found this to be so important, maybe we need to stop and make it more important in our own lives and give others what He already gives them.
Have a great weekend.
Matt
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