Pricelessness of Kindness

Daily Scripture Threshing for Thursday, March 23, 2023

Today’s Text: Proverbs 11:14-21

Key Verses: Proverbs 11:17 (ESV): “A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.”

When William McKinley was President of the United States, he has the need to appoint an ambassador to one allied country of the United States. There were two equally qualified candidates; but President McKinley was quick to automatically disqualify one of them on the ground that America needs considerate men. Before his election as President, McKinley was a Congressman, and during that time, had observed an inconsiderate action by the disqualified candidate. He was once in a bus with him at a rush hour when an elderly woman got on, carrying a heavy clothes basket, and no one got up to offer her a seat. She walked the length of the bus and stood in the aisle, hardly able to keep her balance as the vehicle swayed from side to side.

Though the man was sitting next to where the woman was standing, but wasn’t kindly disposed toward her. Instead of getting up and helping her, he deliberately shifted his newspaper so it would look like he hadn’t seen her. McKinley walked down the aisle, graciously took her basket, and offered her his seat. The man was unaware that anyone was watching, but that one little act of selfishness would later deprive him of perhaps the crowning honor of his lifetime. In the same manner, we serve the God who is not only full of mercy, but who is watching His children to ensure they are the same way as He is. He is well pleased when He sees us exercise the same kindness we have received towards our fellow-creatures. In this text, tenderness and kindness are actions in reverse. They actually towards self, and not others. Therefore, mercifulness is an act of self-defense that accrues to our earthly and eternal interests.

Quote for the Day: “Selfishness is like the blindspot In a moving car. It simply hides an approaching danger, and cripples good judgement." (Simon Olatunji)

Prayer: Dear Lord, help me to be merciful, so that my feet may overcome its fatigue  and make haste to help the needy. Help me to overcome my heart’s weariness to be touched by the feelings of others’ infirmities — in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.

With all my love and prayers,

Rev Simon Wale Olatunji, Ph.D.

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