Are You Going the Extra Mile?
“And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile,
go with him twain”
(Matthew 5:41, KJV)
“And if anyone forces you to go one mile,
go with him two miles”
(Matthew 5:41, ESV)
Going the Extra Mile has become a hallmark of the Christian faith.
Going the extra mile has several important features:
1. Â It is a belief in the words and example of Jesus himself (see Mk. 15:20).
2. Â It is taking one’s religious commitment beyond what is considered normative (compare Matt. 5:47,48).
3. It is certainly an action at a cost to oneself (note the singular personal pronouns).
4. It is seeing farther and living larger-“extra”
Are you going the extra mile? Are you even going the required and reasonable mile? Jesus urged his people to be people of the extra mile. May the Lord bless your journey!
-Robert M. Housby