Can you imagine how the life of the south side of Columbus would change if we saw the practice of daily faithfulness in our households as the greatest privilege granted by divine grace rather than a duty imposed by an authority?
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Dying to self involves handing our plans over to God, knowing that whatever He wills to do with them is for His glory and our good. To be clear, it is not inherently wrong to make plans. In fact, there can be much wisdom in planning. However, the heart-revealing question to ask when we start to formulate an agenda is this: are my plans held with clenched fists, or open hands that are willing to submit to whatever God tells me to do?..
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Jesus and His disciples were radical in their willingness to associate with the outcasts of society; yet they did so through the very ordinary means of eating and drinking with them. In contrast, the Pharisees grumbled about this, seeing Jesus’ association with tax collectors as repugnant…
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The best and easiest way to show this love and care is to ignore any weird pressures around hospitality and simply be yourself in front of the people who find themselves in your space. This is hard to do if you aren’t accustomed to it. It takes a willingness to get over some things, namely yourself and your means. But if you are willing to practice, you can overcome the tension you feel when people show up at the door, which will leave you free to relax and enjoy people…
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If the early Christians were to follow all that Peter wrote to them about, they would have no choice but to face the questions from the unbelievers that they interacted with on a daily basis. For Peter does not tell them to prepare clever ways to bring up conversations about God, or to look for ways to insert God’s wisdom into the lives of unbelievers, but rather he tells them to prepare a response for when the inevitable questions come from unbelievers…
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