At The Core, pt 12 - Go The Extra Mile
What is the first thing you think when you hear “go the extra mile?”
“We go out of our way in every situation and circumstance to show people the love and mercy of Jesus and everything that we do is because God went out his way to show us His love through Jesus.”
Luke 10:25-28
25 And behold, a lawyer (a scribe that would have been an expert in the Old Testament Laws) stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
Your relationship with God will reveal what it looks like to live it out from moment to moment.
Luke 10:29-37
29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii (two days wages) and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”
Why do I go the extra mile?
What is your motivation for doing/giving your best?
Is it so you can get praise or is it the outpouring of your relationship with Jesus?
What gets my extra mile?
Are I giving my best in everything I do or is good enough good enough?
Who gets my extra mile?
Am I going out of my way to show everyone the love of Jesus or just people I deem worthy?