Esteem everyone with the same respect

I finished up my meditation this morning and then decided to read a little bit. I was in Ephesians and came across several Nuggets that I could write about but there was just so much I became overwhelmed and decided not to write.

Then later I decided to look at a devotion that I have.

I’m sharing both these scriptures because the bottom line is, love all people. Doesn’t matter who they are, it doesn’t matter what they’ve done, it doesn’t matter what they did or did not do to you.

It is just like the Lord to tie it all together for me.

Walking as a Son has its consequences and those are….. you are to love all people and you are to forgive all people, is it a choice? yes it is. But the way I see it if you’re walking as a Son then it comes natural to love all people and to forgive. The next question could be why is it a struggle sometimes?

James 2.8 scripture confirms that the law of the Kingdom is fulfilled in you realizing the same value in your neighbor as you would see in yourself; this is what doing the word is all about, and it makes beautiful poetry. By not forgetting what manner of person you are, You will not forget what manner of person your neighbor is according to the Mirror principle. The Mirror Translation

Ephesians 3:18 Love is your reservoir of super human 1strength which 2causes you to see everyone equally sanctified in the context of the limitless extent of love’s breadth and length and the extremities of its dimensions in depth and height. (The word, 1exischuo means to be entirely competent, to be empowered to 2comprehend. The word 2katalambano, kata, strengthened form; with lambano, to grasp, thus to entirely grasp, means to come to terms with, to make one’s own. Rom 12:13 Purpose with resolve to treat strangers as Saints; pursue and embrace them with fondness as friends on equal terms of fellowship. Rom 12:16 Esteem everyone with the same respect; no one is more important than the other. Associate yourself rather with the lowly than with the lofty. Do not distance yourself from others in your own mind. [“Take a real interest in ordinary people.”— JB Phillips] In the breadth and length we see the horizontal extent of the love of Christ: the complete inclusion of the human race. 2 Cor 5:14,16. The depth of his love reveals how his love rescued us from the deepest pits of hellish despair and led us as trophies in his triumphant procession on high. Eph 2:5,6, Eph 4:8-10, Col 3:1-4)
The Mirror

When you see people for the first time it is easy to form judgements but when you see them the way you see yourself as a Son or daughter then you see them as sons and daughters and nothing else. Judgement goes out the window.

Have a fantastic day today. Smile they’re contagious