Go to a place where there are many people passing by or gathered. This could be a mall, a busy corner, a Church before services start, a park or busy street corner, a restaurant, or even the top of the dorm or a hilltop overlooking the city.
As you see all these people think how deeply God loves each one. Remember God’s love for you at your birth and realize that each human person is profoundly precious to God. But as you see the people you know that are seeing people who have been abused, people who are obsessed by something, people who worship false gods, people who have never known love or have never loved. People who are sick or well, depress or content, etc. AS you see all this ask God to show you how he feels about these people. Ask him to give you a feeling of the intensity of his compassionate care for each one, and his deep desire to save or rescue each one.
Quiet yourself and talk with God about this experience of his world and his people. What comes to mind for you?
Observe especially a small child or infant. Consider how helpless such a child is. Hold on to that observation for prayer later in the week.
Questions for Journaling
- What did you discover about the world as you watched it go by?
- What do you feel for these folks?
- What did God reveal about his affections and concerns?
- How do you respond to his feelings?