John 15:12-13 ESV 

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” 

What do you stand for? What would you risk your life for?

In college, I had a lot of business classes and in those classes, we were asked on multiple occasions, “What motivates you?”. Does money motivate you? Work? Success? In those classes I would always answer, “People. People motivate me”. This was an ideal answer to someone who was studying nonprofit business, but the truth is I have always been motivated by people. So, when I think about these questions, my answer is people. The people I love and the people who cannot stand for themselves. 

My family is incredibly important to me. I would defend them, support them, I would do anything for them. I love them dearly, and I would risk my life for them. I am very thankful to have a very strong bond with my family, to have had constant support and love from them. I would repay them by standing up for them in a heartbeat. My friends that I love dearly, I would stand up for them. I would support and defend them, to help them be the best they can be. 


I stand for the people who cannot stand for themselves. There are so many hurting and overlooked people in the world today. The opportunities in my life have granted me the ability to have a voice when others cannot, to stand up for them. We must care for each other; we must support each other. 


“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:12-13). As Christians, we cannot forget that we are called to love one another as God has loved us, unconditionally. We must stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves, we must stand for those we love and care about. Thousands of people stand as Jesus stood and many of them do so at their own risk. We must not allow ourselves to forget this commandment, we must show great love to all of those around us.