So I got this tweet the other day from Dave Ramsey – “The story of the Good Samaritan wouldn’t have existed if he didn’t have any money.”
Coming from a financial guy like Dave, I thought this was interesting so I began to look into it a little further. So I read the story of the Good Samaritan. I noticed a few things that struck me about the Good Samaritan. He was prepared. He was ready to take action for the opportunity that was before Him. He was ready to love.
I went back to the story where the Levite and the priest both saw the man who was beaten and walked on the other side of the road. Were they not prepared? Why weren’t they ready to love the man who was left for half dead?
I look at the Good Samaritan and see that he was prepared in these ways:
- Socially – The half beaten man was probably not of the same social status of himself which was taboo
- Physically – He was able to pick the man up and put him on his donkey
- Mentally/Intellectually – He had the knowhow of what to do with the man’s wounds by pouring oil on them and bandaging them
- Financially – He was able to pay for the man’s stay at the inn in order for him to get well. He even came back to pay the inn for any extra charges that were needed for the man.
- Spiritually – His heart was prepared to love. Because he understood what love meant, he was able to display to the man.
I believe God has called us all to great things. The question is, are we preparing ourselves for the opportunities that God may have or are we going to have to take a pass on the other side because we didn’t take the time to prepare for what He not wants us to do but has called us to do.
The Good Samaritan lived what Jesus preached.
Learn humility…Love unreasonably…Live perfectly.
2 Comments
May 12, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Great blog. Totally agree.
May 13, 2009 at 8:03 pm
That is a very cool analogy. You did a great job in looking into the parable and applying it to real life today.