The Law in 90 Days: Deuteronomy 29-30
RADICAL Love
Mark 12:30-31; Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind and with all your strength… Love your neighbour as yourself.’
If we seek to please the Lord, we will seek to follow the greatest commandment: we will love GOD
and we will love PEOPLE! Our love can be something radical – a love that is extreme and active.
We are to love our neighbour as ourselves. Self-respecting people take good care of themselves;
we take care of our bodies, look out for our health, and seek to have our needs fulfilled. Radical
love begins with selflessness – thinking about fulfilling others’ needs the way that we seek to have
ours filled. When we are selfless, we put ourselves out of the equation; our primary thought is,
“what do they need?” As you continue to deal with the pride and selfishness as addressed earlier
in the month, God will grow you in humility, and acts of selflessness will follow.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. Make a list of at least 5 people you will come into contact with over the next three days
(include all those who live in your home and people you come across at school/work/
whatever).
2. Do some listening prayer about each one, asking God, “Holy Spirit, show me what this
person needs from me over the next few days.” Listen for concrete things that you can do –
we don’t want to take the easy road. It’s good to pray for people, or to say hello as you pass
by, but that’s not what you are looking for here. You’re looking for specific (and potentially
challenging) things God wants of you. Remember, you’re putting yourself out of the equation.
3. Write down what God shows you and make it a point to do those things. Perhaps you need
to tell someone your plan so that they can hold you accountable.
