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God’s people prosper when instead of living to be blessed we endeavor to be a blessing. This requires that we take seriously the needs of others. With attention on only what we can get from God, it’s easy to overlook this chief objective of believers—how we can show God to the world. This has always been and must always be our great commission.

Jesus creatively explained this in today’s lesson. In Luke 10:21 He asserted that the so-called wise lack true understanding. Shortly following in verse 25, one who was considered an expert in Mosaic Law, a wise one, asked Jesus one of the most basic religious questions: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (NRSV). Though asked in insincerity, the lawyer’s query revealed the need of divine understanding. The two engaged in a series of questions and answers that led to Jesus being able to answer the question, “And who is my neighbor?” (10:29, NRSV). This question served nicely to demonstrate what God requires of us—to love God and our neighbor as ourselves.