My Quiet Time from Today
All of what is quoted can be found in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23.
"I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible."
=>A slave is a servant-what Paul means is that there is a universal way to appeal to anyone, serve them. Pretty much everyone can appriciate someone humbly serving them. Servitude is key to being a Christian. Truely serving one another is probably one of the best ways to love one another.
Paul goes on to say, "To the Jews I vecome like a Jew, to win the Jews. TO those under the law I become like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law." and so on.
=>What Paul is saying here is that he only becomes like the people he's trying to reach. He does not change his beliefs in any drastic ways. I think Paul simply took an interest in them-he loved them where they were.
How does this apply to our everyday life? To me it means that when I want to reach a person or group of people, I don't need to take them away from their "culture", I don't need to take them to church or speak about how church is important. I first need to respect their "culture" and interests-just be their friend. Then if church comes up in a conversation great, I can invite them if I want to. What I must not do is go in to those types of relationships with an agenda. Loving someone with an agenda is not loving them at all. What I mean by agenda is when we make a decision that we need to reach some one for christ and then we start to push our religion on them. I've seen so many people shy away from church because it was shoved at them by some one with good intentions. I've done it, I know. People don't need church! People need Christ and the love and freedom that comes with him. I think it is our job to love and let the Father, Son and Holy Spirit do the rest.
God doesn't need us to do his ministry. He chooses to use us and we must remember that that is a gift.
"I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings."
=>Paul is reminding us that none of this should be done for oneself. All of it should be done to further God's kingdom.
So I leave with this, all we got to do is love people and our Heavenly Father will take care of the rest!
God Bless
Haley Kate
"I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible."
=>A slave is a servant-what Paul means is that there is a universal way to appeal to anyone, serve them. Pretty much everyone can appriciate someone humbly serving them. Servitude is key to being a Christian. Truely serving one another is probably one of the best ways to love one another.
Paul goes on to say, "To the Jews I vecome like a Jew, to win the Jews. TO those under the law I become like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law." and so on.
=>What Paul is saying here is that he only becomes like the people he's trying to reach. He does not change his beliefs in any drastic ways. I think Paul simply took an interest in them-he loved them where they were.
How does this apply to our everyday life? To me it means that when I want to reach a person or group of people, I don't need to take them away from their "culture", I don't need to take them to church or speak about how church is important. I first need to respect their "culture" and interests-just be their friend. Then if church comes up in a conversation great, I can invite them if I want to. What I must not do is go in to those types of relationships with an agenda. Loving someone with an agenda is not loving them at all. What I mean by agenda is when we make a decision that we need to reach some one for christ and then we start to push our religion on them. I've seen so many people shy away from church because it was shoved at them by some one with good intentions. I've done it, I know. People don't need church! People need Christ and the love and freedom that comes with him. I think it is our job to love and let the Father, Son and Holy Spirit do the rest.
God doesn't need us to do his ministry. He chooses to use us and we must remember that that is a gift.
"I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings."
=>Paul is reminding us that none of this should be done for oneself. All of it should be done to further God's kingdom.
So I leave with this, all we got to do is love people and our Heavenly Father will take care of the rest!
God Bless
Haley Kate
posted by Haley Kate @ 4:49 PM
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