READ: Luke 10:25-37
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
Luke 10:33
Pastors who do not have compassion cannot bring healing. A healing ministry is a result of compassion. If you just want to demonstrate power so that people will think you are a man of God, your ministry will never become what it is destined to be.
God is actually not happy with priests, Levites, pastors and ministers who do not have compassion. Without compassion you cannot work for God properly. Without compassion you cannot be used to pour in the oil and the wine.
You will notice that it was the Samaritan, who was not an official priest, who brought healing to the wounded traveller. He was not ordained, he was not consecrated but he had compassion. God used the man of compassion and bypassed the ordained, appointed and consecrated priests.
Dear ordained priest, you must stir up the gift of God by developing a heart of compassion. You must be moved by the things that move God! You must be hurt by the things that hurt God! You must feel sad about the things that make God feel sad!
Compassion is a sign of the mature love of God. Love is always a sign of maturity. When you are mature, you will be filled with love. Love is a fruit of the Spirit. Fruits only appear when a tree is mature. Love only appears when you are a mature tree. Until you have compassion you do not have the love of God. The compassion you have is a sign of the maturity that you have attained in the ministry.
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1 John 3:17