“If looks could kill…”
“Don’t look at me that way!”
“Did you see the look she gave him?”
The way we look at others says so much about us.
Likewise, the way the Lord looks at us says so much about Him.
As Allen recently guided us through another study of the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), we were challenged to think once again about the way we look at others.
Do we see our neighbor as an inconvenience or as a soul that needs to be saved from death (James 5:20)?
Bob Cutillo once suggested that the priest and the Levite seemed to think, “What will happen to me if I go near the injured man?” They saw him an inconvenience so they avoided him. They looked at him with distain mixed with fear.
The Samaritan seemed to think, “What will happen to him if I don’t?” He saw the man as a soul that needed help so he did what he could for him. He looked at him with compassion and hope.
Which of these two scenarios fits the way the Lord looks at us?
When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. (Matt. 9:36)
Personally, I am so thankful that the Lord loved me enough to endure the cross.
He knew what would happen to us if He didn’t.
He is worthy of honor and glory like no other (Phil. 2:3-11).
When we look at others, what do we see?
We are to “regard no one according to the flesh” (2 Cor. 5:16).
We are to look “to the things that are unseen” (2 Cor. 4:18 – like eternal human souls).
The way we look at others makes all the difference in the world – to them and to us.
