Unshackled Moments ~ August 17 ~ Twisting The Golden Rule

There a few twists on the golden rule. An eye for an eye is justice, and that was the first twist. Do unto others as they have done to you. Jesus showed that justice is right but the love of God is better. He challenged us to show love and told us to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Treat others like you would like to be treated. We as put another twist on it that is neither the love of God nor justice but sits well with our selfish nature. That is to do unto others before they can do unto you. Strike first and strike hard. Get them before they get you.  Today I would offer another twist.

Do unto others as you would have God do unto you.  We are called to be examples of Christ's love and mercy to the world. One way to do this is to put ourselves in the shoes of the other person, Imagine it's us being rude or selfish or cruel or or or, and instead of running into us we ran into Jesus. If while acting like a jerk we found ourselves face to face with the Lord, how would we want Him to respond to us, to treat us? With love and mercy or contempt and condemnation? Would we want forgiveness or justice?