Become All Things To All Men

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.                                     

                                                            1 Corinthians 9:22-23

               Jesus came to this world and became a man, He became all things to all men. Being born by a virgin girl, growing up under the authority of parents, serving as a carpenter, dining with sinners, and hanging out with those looked down upon. He was not ashamed of certain people group that He wouldn’t hang out with them. He didn’t remove Himself from living with a family. But He left heaven and became a man to show us the love of His father. And if Jesus is my example, what am I doing with my life? Am I showing the love of God by the way I live? Coming to the point where I consider my own life as such a loss for Christ that I don’t care what I may look like to those around me as long as I get the gospel out. Putting the needs and wants of others above my own, being able to relate to people on a deeper level than just the surface. Just because Jesus was the Son of God He didn’t distance Himself from sinners. He went to them and tried to relate to them on a deep level, so that He may show them the love of which He wanted to give them. And as Jesus did this so should I. Not partaking in sin, but reaching out to the people who need to hear about His love and power. And this is where I find discipline to come in, to have enough discipline to not fall into the sin that is around me. But to be an example of the saving grace of Jesus. All the while doing it with the might and strength of Jesus, because it is not something I can do on my own.

Application- ask God to give me wisdom in how to reach out to people in this way.