Broken-Down House
It means refusing to become anyone’s substitute messiah, but instead to point people to the presence and grace of Jesus. It really does mean looking out not only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others. It means building relationships, not just for the purpose of being relationally comfortable, but so that those relationships would be a workroom for redemption. It means loving people in such a way that they never feel like they are in debt to you. It means remembering that you are more like than unlike the people you are called to love. It means understanding that the call to love is a call to both word and deed. It means daily remembering Jesus, being in awe of the gift of his love, and living thankfully. Someone near you right now has lost his way. Someone near you is feeling alone. Someone near you is overwhelmed. Someone near you is being tempted to step off God’s pathway. Someone near you is doubting God’s presence and love. The God who is love now lives inside of you, enabling you to love as you have been loved. He has chosen you to be one of his ambassadors, incarnating his love in the lives of those he has placed you near. Open your eyes and your heart and offer to others what you have been given. There is no better way to live in this fallen world.
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