Who Do You Love?

Luke 10:25-29

25 On one ocassion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26 "What is written in the Law?" Jesus replied. "How do you read it?"
27 He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Have you ever known the right thing to do and then gave yourself an escape clause so you could get out of doing it?

Isn't it just like people to always look for a way out? We get on an airplane and they show us the emergency doors. In theaters they always have the exits well marked. We want to be aware of them, just like this lawyer.

He answered the question with an unconditional statement, love God with your whole being. He could do the first part. But he added a condition to the second part, who is my neighbor? When we don't want to do something we add conditions to give ourselves a way out.

We have an obligation to love everyone, even the unlovable and the ones who drive us crazy. Our neighbors are everyone we come into contact with, not just someone who agrees with us or looks like us. We need to treat others the way we want to be treated with no conditions. If there was any thing that I could leave you with today it would be this question.

Who do you love?