NOT MY KIND

In the original Star Wars trilogy there’s a scene that reminds me of some church people I know. At a bar somewhere in a remote corner of the galaxy, weird looking creatures hang out over food and music. When Luke Skywalker enters with his two droids, C3PO and R2D2 (who are more ‘normal’ than anyone else there), he is surprisingly turned away: “We don’t serve their kind here!”

That strange scene shows the problem that we all struggle with in our relationships here on planet earth. We are always more comfortable with people who are just like us. Yet think of where you would be if Jesus had felt that way. He was perfect in every way, which makes Him far different from us. Yet He came to live among us and to die for us.

Those of us who follow Jesus shouldn’t have “they’re not my kind” in our vocabulary. As Paul reminds us, in Jesus “there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (GALATIANS 3:28). So, whether others are different in attitude, ability, popularity, school class or anything else, it should make no difference to those of us who call ourselves Christians.

Find someone who is not your kind and share Jesus’ love with them today!

To pray about . . .

I pray, Father, please show me where I am pushing people away because they are somehow ‘different’. I want to treat everybody, no matter who they are, with Your love and welcome.

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR—EVEN IF THEY AREN’T
YOUR KIND!

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