Reading the book of others' lives
Greetings in the name of Jesus:
Even when at the time I was not involved very much in the church God was still sending messages to me about the church and about our relationships in this church. This is an example of what God was saying to me.
"We often see examples of Jesus dealing with people who society has looked down on or scorned for one reason or the other. Some more tax collectors, others prostitutes, and others were just plain sinners in the side of the church body of the time. While the customs of our society have changed dramatically, and the values that we hold are different there is still the rejection of men and women who do not fit into society's format. The race issue has been diminishing over the last several years but the concept of giving real attention to the lost sheep of the flock has not. In fact it has widened.
Christ did not go out to seek those people but when he came in contact with some he made sure their lives were changed in some way. He didn't do this by miracles always, sometimes it was merely the fact that he cared for them when no one else would. This is perhaps one of the most precious of God's gifts to us as his children; it is that we have an opportunity to reach out and change the life of some one whom others think may be unworthy. We often talk about not judging the book by the cover we see, but most of us do. The father takes the process several steps further by reading the book for a while to see what the storyline really is before making a judgment on the one who wrote it. Our whole commission as children of God has to do with going out to others that would not otherwise hear the gospel. We selfishly hold that up as we loudly plead that we are Christians and that we have it's, but we rarely take the message of the good news of Christ to anyone personally.
It does not take a great amount of training but it does take an open heart and mind to look at those no one else would consider with value and tenderness. The great commission tells us to go into all the world and preach the gospel. The real meaning of the text is go to all the world and as you goal live the gospel. This makes for some very interesting reading for the books that we all call our lives as well. Can we judge ourselves by looking at the cover? Are we more than others see when they look at us each day? Perhaps it would be a worthwhile experience to read others books and let them read yours as we each make a judgment as to who lease their our time with in living the gospel of our Lord."
This is a thought that deeply concerns me about the church today. We do not take the time to consider what lies beneath the cumber of the book of our lives we are writing every day. Can we look deeper into one another; deeper into the heart of what is behind our thoughts and actions taken? If we can we will very likely find there is much more in each one of us to learn from, and to enjoy other than what we see on the surface, or the cumber of our book. May you richly bless God through your life in him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
Even when at the time I was not involved very much in the church God was still sending messages to me about the church and about our relationships in this church. This is an example of what God was saying to me.
"We often see examples of Jesus dealing with people who society has looked down on or scorned for one reason or the other. Some more tax collectors, others prostitutes, and others were just plain sinners in the side of the church body of the time. While the customs of our society have changed dramatically, and the values that we hold are different there is still the rejection of men and women who do not fit into society's format. The race issue has been diminishing over the last several years but the concept of giving real attention to the lost sheep of the flock has not. In fact it has widened.
Christ did not go out to seek those people but when he came in contact with some he made sure their lives were changed in some way. He didn't do this by miracles always, sometimes it was merely the fact that he cared for them when no one else would. This is perhaps one of the most precious of God's gifts to us as his children; it is that we have an opportunity to reach out and change the life of some one whom others think may be unworthy. We often talk about not judging the book by the cover we see, but most of us do. The father takes the process several steps further by reading the book for a while to see what the storyline really is before making a judgment on the one who wrote it. Our whole commission as children of God has to do with going out to others that would not otherwise hear the gospel. We selfishly hold that up as we loudly plead that we are Christians and that we have it's, but we rarely take the message of the good news of Christ to anyone personally.
It does not take a great amount of training but it does take an open heart and mind to look at those no one else would consider with value and tenderness. The great commission tells us to go into all the world and preach the gospel. The real meaning of the text is go to all the world and as you goal live the gospel. This makes for some very interesting reading for the books that we all call our lives as well. Can we judge ourselves by looking at the cover? Are we more than others see when they look at us each day? Perhaps it would be a worthwhile experience to read others books and let them read yours as we each make a judgment as to who lease their our time with in living the gospel of our Lord."
This is a thought that deeply concerns me about the church today. We do not take the time to consider what lies beneath the cumber of the book of our lives we are writing every day. Can we look deeper into one another; deeper into the heart of what is behind our thoughts and actions taken? If we can we will very likely find there is much more in each one of us to learn from, and to enjoy other than what we see on the surface, or the cumber of our book. May you richly bless God through your life in him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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