READ: Matthew 14:13-21
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. :-Colossians 3:12
God expects His servants to be filled with compassion. “Should you not have had compassion?” are the words of the Master. It is important for you to develop compassion in your heart. Hardness, wickedness and strictness are not helpful when you are trying to care for lost sheep. You will end up killing most of the sheep before they grow to their full age. Your impatience and severity will only kill off the weak ones. I can assure you, most of the people are weak.
God is expecting us to have His heart so that we can gently work with the weak people and show them His compassion.
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee?
Matthew 18:33
Compassion is a manifestation of the shepherd’s anointing. Every anointed shepherd is filled with compassion for the sheep he is called to. Become an anointed shepherd today. Jesus has billions of followers because of His great compassion. He is the Good Shepherd. He is the great example for all pastors. He is full of compassion, full of mercy, full of love: Mark 6:34.
Compassion is a manifestation of God’s powerful feelings. Our Heavenly Father’s feeling towards the lost human race is simply compassion and pity. We are completely lost and helplessly drowned in sin. We have very little ability to do what is right.
Our Heavenly Father is always looking out of the window with pity and compassion (Luke 15:20). He watches us as we strive to come nearer to Him. All true shepherds must be filled with the same kind of compassion that the Father has towards His children. You must develop the Father’s heart filled with compassion and you will soon be experiencing great miracles in your ministry.