What does Jesus have to say about the “You Do You” message? 🤔 ⤵️ THIS.
The world will always tempt us
to put those walls up,
to withdraw and “do our own thing”
and give up on authentic, genuine connection
and conversation that grows both people.
It doesn’t feel peaceful
when others are different than us,
and all the voices are speaking over each other…
And when it doesn’t feel peaceful, we tend to want to withdrawal altogether.
But as Christians, we have been given work to do.
We have been given conversations to have,
which involve listening AND speaking.
He tells us how important that is!
Conversations and heart-to-heart connection
is how he always intended
for the great commission to be fulfilled!
If that weren’t true,
He wouldn’t have said it.
If our connections didn’t matter,
he would just take us to heaven as soon as we are each saved.
But he doesn’t.
He wants us to network-minister!
To meet needs—
for connection, community,
conversation about the hard things,
all centered around HIM,
and His message
that fullness for all our places of “empty”
has already been pre-paid by Jesus,
and is available to everyone, without cost!
When we are filled with the Spirit,
He constantly pulls us back together with others,
every time our flesh wants to run.
He whispers, encouragingly,
“Hey now, none of this going off
and doing your own thing.”
Not for good at least.
For a moment, it’s ok.
Just for a pause.
Jesus sometimes went off into the wilderness
to be alone with God,
or onto the mountain with his close pals,
because he needed a moment to regather.
But he didn’t run away from the people
who were pulling on him.
He didn’t even run away from the people
who were persecuting him.
He didn’t say “Forget it, it’s pointless. We will never see eye to eye, so let’s be ok just to do our own things.”
He kept speaking truth.
He kept serving, in love.
And we are called to be like him,
not Iike the world.
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