The Power of Compassionate Giving

 

 

Scripture:

Luke 6:34–36 (CJB) – “Love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting nothing back. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of Ha‘Elyon; for He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Show yourselves compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.”

 

 

 

Reflection:

This passage challenges the heart of every believer. Yeshua calls us to a love that defies logic—a love that gives freely, expecting nothing in return. The world teaches us to give with strings attached, to help only when there’s something in it for us. But the love of Christ moves in the opposite direction.

 

Our Father’s love is not transactional—it’s transformational. He blesses the grateful and the ungrateful alike. His compassion isn’t measured by worthiness but by His divine nature. When we choose to love, forgive, and give without condition, we mirror that same divine compassion to a world desperate for grace.

 

True compassion doesn’t calculate profit or loss—it flows from a heart anchored in God’s mercy. It’s in those moments of selfless giving that we draw closest to the image of our Creator.

 

 

 

Personal Challenge:

 

• Ask yourself: Do I only give when I know I’ll receive something back?
• Find someone today who cannot repay you, and bless them—quietly, freely, and joyfully.
• Remember, your reward isn’t found in earthly return but in heavenly recognition.

 

 

 

 

Prayer:

Father, thank You for showing me mercy even when I didn’t deserve it. Teach me to love as You love—to give without expectation, to forgive without condition, and to see others through Your eyes. Let my heart reflect Your compassion so that others may encounter You through me.

In Yeshua’s name, amen.

-Rev Carlos Figueroa