How to Treat People
John 15:12-14 This is what I command you: Love each other as I have loved you. The greatest love people can show is to die for their friends. You are my friends if you do what I tell you to do.
Most of us, most days, interact with quite a few people – at work, at home, on public transport, on the roads, in the shopping mall. Even if you’re alone, you certainly think about them. So, how do you think about them? How do you treat them? And how often do you wonder about how you impacted them? The answer for most of us is … not all that often.
When people treat you well, it feels good. When they treat you badly, it stirs up all sorts of negative emotions and responses. So we very definitely think about how they treat us, but not so much about how we treat them. That’s just how it goes.
Let me ask you … just the last three people you interacted with yesterday or today … how did you treat them? How do you think you made them feel? How are you positioned right now in their thoughts and emotions?
I know I’m asking a lot of questions today … but no apologies because honestly, these are the questions we need to be asking ourselves not just in the aftermath, but in the leadup to our interactions with others. Here’s Jesus on this very thing:
John 15:12-14 This is what I command you: Love each other as I have loved you. The greatest love people can show is to die for their friends. You are my friends if you do what I tell you to do.
The bottom line? Treat others as though Jesus died for them … because He did.
That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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