“13As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.” – Psalm 103:13 (ESV)
As a father, my role is to prepare my boys for what is to come for them. I am to care for, protect, celebrate with, and teach them so that they are able to carry forward as contributing heirs of God. I am to ensure that they have learned to do the work that God has for them in their lives. I am here to be their earthly example of what love is so that they are able to be the earthly example of what love is as they grow into who God has for them to be.
God is my example that I draw on for my role in the lives of my boys. The compassion that I have for them is modeled after the compassion shown me by God. I need just as my boys need and I get mine as an adult from God each day. My time is limited here in this world and I can be taken from this world at any moment. It is my duty to draw on the example of God’s compassion and be sure that my boys will receive it until they transition to receiving from God as I do now.
I have accepted salvation and owe my life to Christ who died for me. Now there is an example of demonstrated compassion. The LORD is my heavenly father who has a great compassion for me and all of my brothers and sisters that “fear him”. For all of us, we have His example to draw from and cascade to others. For me it starts with my boys and to those that are immediately in my life. It is my role to demonstrate the compassion of the LORD to all of those. I am to give to all without expectation of anything in return. I am to love unconditionally and know that I have done the work God has for me in this world.
In this world, what compassion have you been able to give to others? Are you even looking to do so and where are you drawing that compassion from? What if you were to use the compassion of God as your example and give the same that you have been given?
Trevor's Thoughts 