Love your enemies

As a follower of Jesus this may be the hardest scripture in all of the bible:

Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

As the bible tells us it is easy to love those who love us but what about those who don’t? Do we care about them at all? The bible says yes we should and we should go out of our way to try and help them. You see when we help an enemy that may be the time when a change may take place in their heart or our heart and reconciliation can take place. If neither side tries then we know for sure it will not happen. For the enemy who does not follow Jesus, it may be our opportunity to bring them to Jesus and that should be our main focus in life!

God says when we do good don’t expect anything in return, do it just for the sake of the Lord and out of love for mankind. God also says when we take this step of obedience, our reward will be great, I tend to think God is talking about in heaven here not on earth. Although He can bless you on earth too! 

Remember God is kind to all, for we were once evil and ungrateful before Jesus came into our lives. So may we be the same to others, even our enemies!

Tom