John 13:35
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples.
These are Jesus' words. He has spent His whole public life ministering to the people, the ordinary people, the ones who were rejected, not accepted into polite society. He loved them; accepting them, healing them and teaching them. Now He is saying that we are also to display this same love, in helping the least of those in our little worlds. And in serving one another, even when we're not required to, to go the extra mile when it's not expected. To always believe the best of our neighbor, even when the evidence points otherwise, to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Jesus said that if we love Him, then we will obey His commands, and His command is to love one another. So we show our love for Him by how we treat our fellow man, even when no one is looking. For He is watching us!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
