If you buy something in a concentrated form, they you need to add water, usually, in order to make it user friendly.
From screen wash for our cars to squashes in our kitchens and washing up liquid, we routinely buy things that need to be watered down to use. The obvious advantage is that, just like Ikea, furniture that arrives flat packed, you can transport more of the end product when it is concentrated while being transport.
I recently attended a church where I saw a massive range of work for the city they serve. But, what I didn’t see was Jesus.
The Bishop of Winchester upset a lot of Anglicans when he took office, because he said that while churches need to serve the areas where they are based; while they need to provide for the needs of the people in the community, those same people needed Jesus far more than a meal, or debt advice.
We see in Jesus a model of serving people, and frequently meeting their needs in order to win the right to speak into their lives.
This is perfect - of course it is! But, please, let’s make sure we don’t stop at helping people, when what they need far more than food or clothing, is Jesus. I totally agree with the Bishop of Winchester on this point.
Thanks to The Devotional Guy for my final inspiration today, and his idea about how we may be the only bible that somebody gets to read.
So let’s make sure we’re easy to understand, and available for people to see Jesus in.
Just a thought…
Andy B
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