It’s so funny how God hijacks things. He hijacks our plans, our wants, our thoughts, and also our blogs. As I was sitting here typing, I have a probable fever, and have felt sick the past three days. My team leader/ roommate for the month offered to put on a sermon to listen to. As I’m listening, I heard something that I have to share. I actually wrote half of a blog speaking about what we’ve done the past week and how we have moved to a different district in Vietnam in order to do better work, and how I have to use the word “work” instead of the “minist..” word due to it being a closed country. Then I rambled on some more, but God totally hijacked my plans, my thoughts, and my blog. Here’s what he wanted me to share.
This man named Bart Compolo spoke of how when he was seven years old, his father woke him up at seven o clock am every Saturday in order to wash the family car with his father. He told the college aged congregation of how he loved going crazy with the water hose. He says something along the lines of “It probably took three times as much time as it would if he just did it himself”. His dad was going to wash the car anyways, but wanted his son to do it with him. Why? Because he loves his son. He wants to simply spend time with his son. This is the same with God. He speaks on how God has all these commandments in the Bible, and things he says for us to do such as “raise the dead to life, heal the sick, love the least of these”. He doesn’t say for us to do those things because he will love us more if we do them! He will love us the exact same amount as he would if we did the exact opposite. He loves us the same no matter what we do!! So why in the world would he tell us to do all these things if it doesn’t make him love us anymore?!?
Because he wants to spend time with us, because he loves us. That is what He is doing! He is raising the dead, healing the sick and loving on the least of these! He loves us! He wants us to spend time with him, and he with us! He wants us to love the things he loves to do! He wants us to be like him just like Compolo wanted to be like his father. He wants us to do the same things he does, simply- to spend time with him.
This hit home pretty well with me. I have always thought that if I don’t do these things then I am a bad Christian, or I will go farther down on something like God’s book of “Good and Naughty” lists. I won’t! He loves me just the same! He’s not only “pleased” with me when I do such things (as I previously thought), but he just wants to spend time with me. He wants me to do and love the things that he does. That’s all.
Jesus Loves All His Little Children The Same, No Matter What Age Or Nationality.
