Is this your kindness to your friend?',

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"Is this your kindness to your friend?" 2 Samuel 16:17

The conduct of Jesus towards us is the perfection of kindness; 
but our conduct toward Him is often just the reverse!

How often we treat Him with neglect!

Instead of prayer being a delightful privilege—it is often an irksome task. 

How often we violate His positive precepts, or 
omit to perform known and acknowledged duties. 

How often we . . .
doubt His love,
distrust His Word and
complain of His dealings! 

How often we nourish the flesh—which He has directed us to mortify!

How often we prefer the world—which He has commanded us to forsake!

How often we yield to Satan—whom He has exhorted us to resist!

Well may our cheeks burn with shame, and our bosoms fill with confusion, if the question is put to us, in reference to much of our conduct toward our kind and gracious Redeemer: "Is this your kindness to your friend?" 

His kindness to us is astonishing—and 
our unkindness toward Him is equally so!

Let us seek afresh, the tokens of His forgiving love, and in future when about to yield to temptation, or give way to any sin—put the question to our consciences, "Is this your kindness to your friend?"