Us Christians time and time again seem to pass up the ones who don't seem worthy of being saved. I have even been guilty of this, but God has changed my perspective. It seems so easy for us to be offended by the unsaved and what they do that is wrong in front of us. The thing is Christ wants us to look much deeper then what we see them doing. Christ wants us to look down deep on the inside of the lost. He wants us to see what he sees : A hurt lost soul that doesn't know how they are living is wrong. He wants us to look past judging them and to see what he sees : a lost soul who needs him. They need to know that God loves them. We must remember we weren't clean and living right when Christ first found us. We were the druggie, the alcohol, The prostitute, The sinner, The convict, etc. The very person we may place judgement on could have been us in our former life. We need to stop and realize God doesn't see people like we do, God see's the heart. God knows the lost need him. God loves them. We should love them too, The very person we could be judging could be the person that God wants to use to help the world in some way. We too once were lost, in the same place as the person we may be thinking of judging. God wants us to love like him, no boundaries, no limitations. we need to make our heart like Christ because we never know what that person we pass by or judge is going through. They could be at the point of salvation and us not know it. We must learn to act and think like Christ. Jesus came to heal not to judge. our job is to be like him and offer a kind word to lost people like him. we are not to ignore them. we are to love them like Christ loved us and saved us. we can love them despite the state they are living in or the lifestyle they are living. we aren't saying we agree with the wrong things they may do. we are saying we love like Christ, unconditional love that is. the lost do not change and get cleaned up to get saved. we did not get cleaned up to get saved. God found us and cleaned us up through the bible over time. We must use the same perspective when dealing with the lost people of this world. we must keep the mindset that god loves them despite how they live. God wants to save them despite what they do. It is only after they receive Christ that he can confront wrong behaviors and the lifestyle they may be living. Change comes through Christ, not the world. We must never portray the image that Christ only loves someone once they get their act together. Christ loves them because that is his very nature. Us Christians must inspire to have that kind of love and mindset. For that is the only way the lost will come to know the true love of the father. the unconditional love that can change a person's heart forever. We must be the ones to tell them the truth. we must be more like Christ. we must break the pattern of judgment and defeat it with the love of Christ. We are Christ's disciples..now it's time we let him use us to tell the lost the truth.. The truth that he loves them and wants to help and save them. It is a free gift and all are entitled to have eternal life through Jesus. We must not begrudge the lost from receiving it. so it's time we tell them the truth about God and his plan for salvation.
Just think about all of this and let God search your heart about it, I know he has dealt with me on it. I think he has message for all of us in this. |
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