Welcoming Strangers
Bible: 2 Corinthians 2:17-3:3
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You are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were
foreigners in Egypt (V.19).
Winters in one of the poorest countries in Europe (which I visited recently) can be hard, with deep snow and freezing temperatures making life even more difficult. But Christians there try to make others feel welcome by creating footpaths in the snow that lead to their homes. These paths invite neighbours and strangers to a place of warmth and welcome in a land where the weather and a lack of money can keep people apart. These Christians live out the welcome that God wanted His people, the Israelites, to show. He instructed them “to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul” (DEUTERONOMY 10:12). How could the Israelites live out this command? The answer comes a few verses later: “You are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt” (V.19). By welcoming strangers, they would be serving and loving God; and in caring for them, they would
show their trust in Him. Our lives might be very different from the Israelites, but we too can live out our love for God by being welcoming. Whether through inviting classmates we don’t know that well to come over, or just making time for others during school, we can show God’s welcome wherever we go.
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