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RAIN OR SHINE















S.E.E.D. For Today___Rain or Shine

Scripture "He causes His sun to shine on good and on evil people, and He sends rain to those who do right and to those who do wrong." Matthew 5:45 New Century Version

In this Jesus is commanding a love without limits, that loves everyone regardless of their circumstance. Especially in the culture that we live in today everyone and everything is judged before they are loved. The bible tells us in John 3:16 that God so loved the world that He gave His only Son to die for them. When He could have judged us He loved us in our sinful state. If we practiced this type of love we could change our communities forever. Jesus ordered us to love like this, for two reasons, one because it is what makes us like God, when the sun rises it shines on both the righteous and the unrighteous and it rains on both as well, God is not partial in His love and provision towards any of us. The second reason is that this love distinguishes us from the world. In the Unbuntu theology there is I thou vs I it the I thou is when I bow to love to serve unconditionally, the I it is when I analyze you before I love or serve you. We want the I Thou to shine upon all mankind. Loving those who love you is not authentic humanity.

Example Rain or Shine regardless of the weather, regardless of the circumstance. They do it regularly nothing effects what they do or how they treat you.

Exercise Read Matthew 5:43-48 Journal and Talk to God. Reflect this weekend over all the suffering we see going on around us. We often wonder does God love those who persecute, ridicule, display hate...etc and He does, regardless whether good or bad God loves us all. We are commanded to love like Him.

Devotion Lord I pray for and understanding of Your impartiality. I am grateful to have been a recipient of the sun and rain, that Your love for me was without limits. I pray that I can practice this type of love in Jesus Name Amen.


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