“So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” – John 13:34-35
Have you ever had to work, support, or be around someone that you thought was nearly unlovable? Or, better yet, have you yourself ever felt unlovable. Girl, if you’re a college student, or are anything like me, then you probably find yourself in this situation often.
It happens, and I mean that in the most humble way I can.
Life happens, and so do situations like these.
Almost every semester I’m faced with someone with in my classes that I just cant work with (and with my luck, I usually end up working with them anyways). They are usually those Type B students that procrastinate, slack off, and end up sending every fiber of my brain over the edge. But, every time I find myself sitting in my group project, screaming internally, I can hear God whispering the same thing: love them.
Dang. I mean, God can seriously throw a gut punch every once in awhile, ya know? Love someone who is annoying, painful to work with, and completely different from me?! Yeah, that is exactly what He is saying.
To make things even worse, God doesn’t just tell us to love certain people, but rather He calls us, as Christians, to love everyone!
John 13: 34 tells us to: A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Simple enough.
But it’s in verse 35 that God convicts us as Christians to fulfill His command: By this everyone will know you are my disciples, if you love one another.
Everyone will know we are His disciples.
No matter where we go, or what we do, as Christians we represent God and His Kingdom. It doesn’t matter if there is a crowd, or one person; a classroom, or a single group, by loving others, even the unlovable ones, we are showing everyone what Christ’s love looks like. If that isn’t a life calling, then I don’t know what is!
I’m not telling you that you won’t be aggravated. No, in fact, it will be hard.
These situations will be hard and the people in your life will sometimes be beyond unlovable. Sometimes you will even seem like the unlovable one, and in those times we can still cling to this verse. We can still love those that persecuted, isolate, and hurt us.
He called you to His will and plan for your life.
So, go out into this world. Love the unlovable. Live out your calling on your life and act out as His disciples. In a world that is filled with so much hate; in a world where hate is the new bedrock of society, be His truth, be His light, be His Loving Disciple.
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