subject: Pursue Hospitality [print this page] Practice hospitalityPractice hospitality. Literally in the Greek language, that means pursue hospitality. Are you truly pursuing hospitality? We are to pursue hospitality first of all with followers of Christ. The Bible says we are to pursue hospitality with people of a like faith. We have a common denominator with this couple, with this person, we are to pursue that relationship. Where, take a wild guess, are those relationships to be pursued? In the Body of Christ. In the local church. And frankly that is why I love a large church compared to a small church. A large church like this one, look at the relational options you have. On a good Sunday you have got about 3,000 different, unique, talented people to choose from. If you have a church of about 100 to 200, which is great, it kind of limits your options though. What are you doing to pursue these relationships in this church with people? Do you always hang around with the same people, doing the same thing, going to the same restaurant, the same house, the same conversation, the same, the same, the same. It is time to branch out and to get out of your comfort zone and to do what the Lord wants you to do. Because here is what is going to happen in a lot of our lives, in my life too in some situations, we are going to sit back in heaven looking down on our lives and Jesus is going to say to us, Hey, you know what, I wanted you Ed, or I wanted you Sally, or I wanted you Bill to meet this couple, to meet that individual and I wanted you to take the initiative. I wanted you to be like me and to pursue this and to really hang out with this person because then I could do some amazing things in the relationship, but I could not because you did not test the hospitality waters. What are you doing to build relationships with followers of Christ? Being involved in our Bible Alive ministry, being involved in our small group ministry and just talking to others when you have a cup of coffee out in the lobby, or some of Doris world famous le Also, secondly, pursue hospitality with those who are seeking the Christian faith. Pursue hospitality with those who are seeking the Christian faith. Well, again, that is just not me, Ed Young. I do not have the gift of sharing. I do not know what to say. If someone asks me a question about the Bible I am kind of stumped right up front. I do not feel I would know how to reply.
