The wrong question

Sometimes we ask the wrong question. The greatest command is to love God and love your neighbour. On one occasion a religious expert asked, "Who is my neighbour?" (Luke 10:29). This seems like a logical question. Jesus answers by telling the famous story of the Good Samaritan. A man is lying injured on the road. Most people ignore him, but a Samaritan helps and cares for him. The twist comes when Jesus ends with a question of his own: "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" (Luke 10:36). It's not "who is my neighbour?" but "who is neighbourly?" It's a shift from object to subject, from a noun to a verb, from identifying neighbours to actually being one. Jesus shifts the focus to ourselves and how we live. We can easily get caught up in looking to the wrong things to live out God's great command. Yet Jesus asks us to look inward and ask — am I showing God's love? Am I being kind? How will you answer Jesus' question today? (Craig B). Open Bible – bit.ly/Luk10v29, bit.ly/Luk10v36