Our text for today is John 13:34.
“A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so also you must love one another.”
Listen to those opening words again, “A new command I give you.” It wasn’t a suggestion. It wasn’t a gentle nudge or a passing thought. It was a command.
Jesus could have said anything that night. He was hours away from the cross. Every word He spoke carried the weight of final things. And this is what He chose: love one another.
Not talk about love, not feel warm inside, not like the people who are easy to like. No, He said to love as I have loved you.
This is a new command because we are not commanded to love, but to love as Jesus loves us! That changes everything.
Jesus loved people who were hard to love. He loved the disciple who doubted Him, the friend who denied Him, and the one who would betray Him with a kiss.
We don’t get to choose who’s worthy. Love makes the first move. It steps over the line. It lets go of grudges. Love takes off the robe, ties the towel, and kneels at the feet of the very ones who will run when things get hard. Love serves!
Start there. Ask Him to help you love like He does—recklessly, relentlessly, and undeservedly.
Someone near you needs that kind of love. Let them find it in you.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.