The Holy Spirit wrote in Psalm 36:
6 Your righteousness is unmovable,
just like the mighty mountains.
Your judgments are as full of wisdom
as the oceans are full of water.
Your tender care and kindness leave no one forgotten,
not a man nor even a mouse.
We are to minister kindness in our daily walk toward all those with whom we come into contact.
Kindness is defined as: Good will; benevolence; that temper or disposition which delights in contributing to the happiness of others, which is exercised cheerfully in gratifying their wishes, supplying their wants or alleviating their distresses; benignity of nature. kindness ever accompanies Love.
When we lack revelation of FATHER’S Kindness, we delay our receiving from FATHER. Our faith is hindered when we lack understanding of FATHER’S kindness toward us. Unconditional Love promotes kindness to the undeserving and does not force a set of conditions on the recipient of our kindness.
Our giving to the impoverished children is an act of kindness and expresses one of the facets of Agape Love. Those kids need to experience kindness so they won’t grow up in bitterness toward others.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 2:
4 Do the riches of HIS extraordinary kindness make you take HIM for granted and despise HIM? Haven’t you experienced how kind and understanding HE has been to you? Don’t mistake HIS tolerance for acceptance. Do you realize that all the wealth of HIS extravagant kindness is meant to melt your heart and lead you into repentance?
Our kindness toward others is meant to lead them into repentance, not perpetuate lawless and unrighteous behavior. Wisdom wrote in Proverbs chapter 15:
1 Respond gently (in kindness) when you are confronted
and you’ll defuse the rage of another.
Responding with sharp, cutting words will only make it worse.
Don’t you know that being angry
can ruin the testimony of even the wisest of men?
FATHER wants us to not only receive a visitation from HIM but HE wants us to have HIS habitation as well. HE will not inhabit those who do not walk in Agape Love and kindness.
The Holy Spirit is preparing us for habitation by expressing what we need in order to receive FATHER’S habitation. Our individual “houses” need to be cleaned and prepared. We cannot hold onto the worldliness of criticism and division if we are to expect habitation to occur.
FATHER will inhabit us based on HIS terms, not ours. Those who are fully embracing the walk of Agape Love are aligning themselves with “HIS terms” and are embracing the needed changes.
Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 11:
22 Jesus replied, “Let the faith of GOD be in you! 23 Listen to the Truth I speak to you: If someone says to this mountain with great faith and having no doubt, ‘Mountain, be lifted up and thrown into the midst of the sea,’ and believes that what he says will happen, it will be done. 24 This is the reason I urge you to boldly believe for whatever you ask for in prayer—believe that you have received it and it will be yours. 25 And whenever you stand praying, if you find that you carry something in your heart against another person, release him and forgive him so that your Father in Heaven will also release you and forgive you of your faults. 26 But if you will not release forgiveness, don’t expect your Father in Heaven to release you from your misdeeds.”
Kindness looks past the misdeeds of others because we know ourselves that we are not perfect. Many people judge themselves by their intent but judge others by their actions thus they live a double standard. However, FATHER has a single standard of Absolute Truth and righteousness. If we walk in kindness, we will not fall into the trap Jesus spoke of in the above passage.