Love Your Enemies?

Scripture Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

Observation: It’s as if God doesn’t know me. How can I love my enemies when my heart is full of hate for them? Maybe instead of doing good to my enemies God is trying to change my heart. He said He was going to change my heart of stone into a heart of flesh and this would be some serious change. God knows I can’t do it alone, but filled with the Holy Spirit it would be possible. He wants me to be more like Jesus and this is just another step towards being more like my savior.

Application: I need to remember that at one time I was God’s enemy. I may not have done anything evil to Him, but ignoring the One who has given me everything can be just as bad. I need to show the same grace towards others as He has shown me, I need to look at others as God’s creation and not my enemy. God deserves that from me.

Prayer My Lord soften this hard heart and may I not look at others as adversaries but as my brothers and sisters in Christ. If they don’t know You use me to make the introduction.