When
I ask people, “Who is it that we have compassion for?” the most
common answer is, “The elderly, the sick, the handicapped.”
In
other words we usually have compassion for those who are helpless. We
have pity on them because they can't take care of themselves.
God
has compassion on us for the very same reasons.
Because
of sin's control over us, God sees us as pitiful and in need of
compassion. Regardless of how great we humans see ourselves, Jesus
sees us as “Sheep without a Shepherd.”
No
matter the bluff and bluster and bravado that we display as we praise
ourselves, in reality we are lost with no means of finding safe
harbour on our own. We display our scientific achievements giving no
pause to consider the fact that every ability that we possess is from
God Himself.
Like
sheep without a Shepherd, helpless and hopeless on our own, God has
compassion on us. He came to earth not to condemn us, but to save us
from ourselves.
What
kind of person would pass up an offer like that?
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