Be a Revolutionary

Be a Revolutionary

January 29

Read:  Luke 6:27 - 38

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. – Luke 6:27

The Bible In One year

Leviticus 5 – 7

People who can love their enemies are revolutionaries. A graduate student name Jack became such a revolutionary. One summer he asked God for a ministry. He contacted several organizations but found no openings. Finally he had to take any job available. He ended up driving a public transportation bus in Chicago. A street gang rode his bus every day without paying and made threats against him.

One day they dragged him off the bus and heat him unconscious. In the hospital, jack was bitter toward them and God. “Lord,” he complained. “I prayed for a ministry and all you gave me was this lousy job and a beating!”

Jack pressed charges, and the gang member were arrested and found guilty. But during the trial, God began replacing jack’s bitterness with compassion and love. When the judge pronounced the sentence, Jack asked for permission to serve their combined jail time. Stunned, the judge said, “There’s no precedent for this!” “Yes, their is,” jack replied, explaining that Jesus died on the cross for a guilty world. Jack’s request was denied, but he began visiting the young men in jail and saw most of them come to know Christ.

When we love others in the way, it’s revolutionary! – Joanie Yoder

Doing good those who hate us,

Lord, id difficult to do;

Help us by your grace to love them,

Praying they will turn to you. – Sper

To love a friend is natural to love an enemy is Christlike.