A simple
question with an answer as complex and unique as human DNA. In this biblical story Jesus happens upon a
man who cannot walk and because no one will help him has not made it to the
healing pool.
Jesus
does not evangelize to him, he recognizes the man’s immediate need and acts to
meet it, “pick up your things and walk”.
We never
find out if the man by the pool knew who this man Jesus was or if he converted
to Christianity, no all we know is that he walks away physical whole.
The Bible
is full of examples of Christ making people whole with no expectation that they
become Christians first.
Christ meets
them in their need, he listens to them and he makes them whole.
We are
God’s hands, feet and voice in our world today!
We are
God’s messengers!
Do we
meet people in their place of need?
Do we
meet their need before we evangelize?
Is our
motivation one of passing on God’s unconditional love?
Are we
servants to a needy world first?
Are we
ready to go where a moment of unconditional servant love may take us?
Are our
actions of love loud enough to draw people in to our churches voluntarily?
Has
anyone asked you why you do what you do?
Will you
allow God to make you whole, one of his messengers of love?
Grandma
Snyder
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