Be Good to People

What has been on my heart lately is the phrase " Be good to people". I can be quoted saying that I'm in the business of unnecessary kindness which is kindness with no strings attached, being good to people just because. The Lord has worked hard on me to get me to this point in my spiritual journey where I know the importance of genuinely loving people. I put the word "genuinely" as the adjective to describe my love for people because I look around and I see a lot of pretending and what is known as a lot of lip-service in love and friendship. When kindness come from the lips and not the heart, we fool ourselves, not God. The Word of God says

" Just as water reflects the face, so the heart reflect the person" - Psalm 27:19
"A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart"- Proverbs21:2

I've have been in serious thought of this lately and when my spirit ponders on something, I have a tendency to be very quiet or to in a way, detach myself from my surrounding. In my solitude, I wondered, if the Lord weighs the heart, then how much exactly does my heart weigh before God? I can profess to love you, can be nice to you by my own standards, but are my actions pure before God? Am I being nice to you and wishing you well, but secretly within myself wishing you to fail or experience bad luck? When I say I am happy for you, do I mean it?  If the heart reflects the person, then what kind of person I am...to God? These were the questions that were running through my head and the Lord gave me the answer. The Lord placed the following prayer in my heart: "Father all that this person has done for me, I want you to do double that for them" then He said to me " Feefe, If the person you are wondering how you treat them, stands before Me to say this prayer, how will you feel?"

That's when it hit me and the Lord began to explain to me. The prayer can either be a blessing or a curse. If you have been sincere in your dealings with people, then the prayer is a blessing. If you've spent time praying for the success and health of others,  if you've celebrated with them in their time of jubilee and offered comfort in their time of sorrow, then when those people stand before God and say "Father double what they wish for me to them", imagine the blessing that comes your way! BUT if you've spent your time in eye-service, pretending to care when you truly were happy that something unfortunate happened to a "friend", or withholding help when they needed you, then that prayer is a curse and it should make you very uncomfortable. The Lord said at the end of the following verse

"I will bless those that bless you and whoever curses you shall be cursed"- Genesis 12:9

Just when you thought you could "get away" with treating people however you want, God is like #POW! That verse scares me. There's so much power in that statement! Whether we are blessed or cursed can be attributed to how we treat others. This is why some people, though less educated and less prominent in society, always seem to be one step ahead because they give, they give constantly, and they give whole-heartedly. Their kindness doesn't even have to be known, they don't need to be recognized or applauded because they love as a way to serve God. Sincerity goes a long with God and He will honor that which you do in love.  If you don't think that you are blessed, instead of praying for yourself, take the time to say a prayer for someone else. Instead of seeking comfort, be the one to comfort someone. In everything, surrender yourself to the service of others. Do not let your kindness be dependent on how others treat you. Even when you are mistreated, love! Don't repay evil with evil but overcome evil with good! Do good! You gain by losing when it comes to the things of God so make it a little less about you, and more of Him because He must increase and you must decrease. (John3:30). When you commit yourself to God, He handles your business! (Matther6:33) so be good to people and be sincere in your thoughts towards them. It can only bless you. May the Lord break our hearts for what breaks His and may we never stop desiring to be more like Him. Amen.

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T.M.V -Proverbs14:31

"Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God."