This implies that we are free to choose between good and evil. At times, I view evil as certain acts and decisions that are illegal and morally wrong on so many levels, and most are. However, we as humans, do evil things that we may not even be consciously aware of. I can think of so many times when I have sat down to a warm meal while a man I passed on the street on my way to that meal was uncertain of where his nourishment would come from. I love verses 17-24 because I can directly relate them to our message tomorrow. In Luke 10:27, Jesus commands us,"Love our neighbors as we love ourselves." In vs. 20 the psalmist writes about being overwhelmed with a desire for God's regulations. God instructs us to love our neighbor, it is His regulation. In Ephesians Paul wrote, "Husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. For no man ever hates his own flesh but nourishes and cherishes it as Christ does the church." This means that we should take care of our neighbors like we take care of ourselves. We should desire to fill their bellies as much as we desire to fill our own. We should desire to relieve their suffering as much as we want our own relieved.
I love how gimel is symbolized, a rich man running after a poor man to help him. Running. His soul is directly affecting his physicality. Running is a true act of freedom and choice. I want to run. Not to things of this world, but for God, for His regulations. I want to run to be of aid to someone. Run to love my neighbor as I love myself. Its the Golden Rule, it sounds so simple, yet it is the one we all struggle with. Getting ourselves out of the way so that God can run our life and we can run for God. Empty me God, so that I can be filled with you.
KB
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