Being Jesus
While reading Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski I came across this event happening to them, and this has challenged me so must in the last hour or so since I read that section that I want to post it for you, and then I would love to get some comments from you on how we can make this practical in our lives…
” It really frustrates me when Christians talk about their faith in Christ but never let the fruit of it grow in their lives,” James said quitely. “True faith is visible.”
“Yeah, us too, believe me!” I said. “But be encouraged. You two are the first Christians in all our time on the streets who have offered so much help, no questions asked.”
James and Russ looked surprised.
“No one?” James asked.
“No one,” said Sam. “Thanks for living your faith. It is powerfull.”
“Well,” said James, “if we don’t, something’s wrong. Jesus said, ‘By your love for one another they will know you are my disciples.’”
How many times, do we rather look the other way when we see somebody in need. We see a person with thirst or hunger, and think we don’t have time now to even just ask what is wrong, or what the person needs. What has become of society, that we started to think about ourselves, and our own material needs, and stopped caring for the needy, as Jesus did, and what He told us pretty straightforward to do.
I am really starting to be moved in the direction of where I am striving to be like Jesus, but not in the moral way that we think it is, to live sin free and to be a good person, but I want to be a person that makes a difference. Even if it is only to one person out there, I really want to be able to know that I have really blessed that person. I don’t want to preach to that person, but just care for them.
God, Jesus and Holy Spirit
Please enable me as a sinful man to be able to go out and see the need of your people out there, and through the grace of God be able to make a difference to those people out there.
Give me the strength to go through the questions and the uncomfortable feelings and really stop and listen. To really have compassion, and to sacrifice myself for You, so I may find the better life, promised by You to all of us who would be willing to die to ourselves.
Amen
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