Compassion is a gift from God. It allows us to see the suffering of other people and respond with love even if they are hard to love. Compassion has been grafted onto your spirit by the Spirit of God, and it is there to be exercised, developed and shown to others.
God expects us to care for the poor. Scripture is full of challenges to share ourselves with the less fortunate. Sadly, we have learned to give nothing away without some expectation of return. that is not God’s way. He has comissioned us to help the poor, lifting them up, without expectation of return or investment.
Is there a price for your compassion or is it unconditional?
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. -Philippians 2:1-4
From Lesson 3 of Compassion by Command
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