READ: Hebrews 4:14-16
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Lamentations 3:22
Today, there are many people who are homeless, hungry, thirsty and sick. You do not have to be sick or in great difficulty yourself before you remember all these situations. God’s will for us is to be filled with compassion for those who cannot help themselves.
Souls are parting to eternity! Souls are perishing every day! By midnight today, many thousands would have died and gone to hell for ever. How many people will die in Christ? How many will live again? Do you care? Do you have any feelings? Do you wonder about what happens to all the lost souls in this world?
Without compassion you cannot be a good evangelist. A good evangelist has compassion on the souls that he is preaching to. He does not just rattle out a message that he has learnt from Bible school. He is filled with feelings and compassion for the lost and the dying.
A good pastor is filled with love. He feels for the difficulties that his sheep have. He loves the members that God brings to him. He cares for them deeply and wants them to do well. A good shepherd wants the sheep to be happy, to have good marriages and to have a good life. Without compassion, without a certain kind of feeling you can never be a good pastor. Scripture teaches us that Jesus was touched with the feeling of our infirmity. If you do not have these feelings, you are not a true minister.
Today, God is calling you to develop the feeling of compassion. I think you should pray for compassion. I think you should call on God to give you a feeling of compassion for the people. It is a supernatural thing to have the compassion of God.