Today’s Thought “Wrongful Exacerbations” G. Ward

 

 And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  This is the great and foremost commandment.  The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:37-39

 

A pervasive ideology maintains that before you love another you must first love yourself. Have you really interrogated what that means? Oh sure it sounds very much on point, but the actuality of it is entirely antithetical to scripture (cf. Mt. 16:24, 2 Ti. 3:2-7). The problem is that mankind is far too insatiated with himself; his views (opinions), likes and dislikes, political posturing, etc. Moreover, if opposing views enter therein, he then becomes argumentative and cantankerous.

Believer-ship always demands to replicate the Savior’s walk (Eph.5:1-2). We’ve been presented foolish promulgations for too long (2 Ti. 3:6). It’s time to become more interrogative concerning what Final Authority has to say. We’ve had our way long enough. The cyclical process of self-gratification yields not only great uncertainties, but exacerbates gluttony (Php.4:11-12).

Happy Tuesday!