New blog post....

Like the title? It tells you something you didn't know, eh? :-D

Something new* that I love about Jesus.

His hospitality. The sermon at Church this morning was about hospitality. The pastor talked a lot about a lot of the different aspects of hospitality throughout the Bible, but the point that struck me the most was when he talked about Luke 14.

"Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

He just talked about the importance of being hospitable to those who cannot repay us because that is exactly what Jesus did for us. We were poor, crippled, lame, and blind and He walked up to us, healed us, and then shared all He had with us. Jesus shared his life with us. He died on the Cross for us, poor and wretched though we were. We had no way to repay Him and He knew that. He died for us anyway. May we show that portrait of grace to all who are around us, especially those who cannot repay.

Oh Precious Lord, thank You so much for sharing Your life with us. You left the comfort of Heaven to come down and rescue poor and wretched sinners like myself. You knew we could never repay You, yet You chose to sacrifice all You had for us anyway. I am so moved by Your sacrifice and pray that You move others in the same way. Lord, may we as a body paint this portrait of grace to all those around us. May others be moved by Your hospitality through our actions.

*new- meaning something new to me about Jesus. Jesus was before the beginning of time and is unchanging, yet every day I discover new* things about Him.