Wednesday, February 17 Become imitators of God, as beloved children, and go on walking in love.​—Eph. 5:1, 2.

[Áine]

Wednesday, February 17

Become imitators of God, as beloved children, and go on walking in love.—Eph. 5:1, 2.

 

Jehovah proved his love for us by giving his Son as a ransom in our behalf. (John 3:16) How can we imitate Jehovah’s love? We view each of our brothers and sisters as valuable and precious, and we gladly welcome back “a lost sheep” who returns to Jehovah. (Ps. 119:176; Luke 15:7, 10) We prove that we love our brothers and sisters by giving of ourselves, such as by helping them in times of need. (1 John 3:17) Jesus commanded his followers to show self-sacrificing love. (John 13:34, 35) Jesus’ commandment is new because it calls for a kind of love that was not required under the Law that God gave Israel: Love fellow believers as Jesus loved you. That requires a self-sacrificing love. We are to love our brothers and sisters even more than we love ourselves. We must love them to the point of being willing to give up our life for them, as Jesus did for us. w19.05 4 ¶11-13

[Alexa]

Our love for our brothers and sisters shows self-sacrificing love because some experience shows they are willing to risk their lives for the sake of our welfare.

[Sister Twister]

If a Shepherd loses a sheep there are no lengths he won't go to to bring the lost or injured sheep back, I live near a farm and know of times when the farmer has searched all night for a lost sheep.

We need to do everything we are able to encourage lost sheep back as the system is coming to a conclusion and moving quickly, this may take self sacrifice on our part and effort as so many lost sheep have been damaged by the world and need a lot of help and love to return.

But as with Jesus we can rejoice if we see even one lost sheep make it home.

[Vinnie]

Its easier to give a monetary donation than to give of our time and energy and to get out of our comfort zone and reach out to help our brothers and sisters. But self sacrificing love means we give of ourselves , out time and energy more so than what we have in a physical sense.