I grew up in the 1960’s and as most of you lived through 9/11 but I have never seen anything quite like this. The level of anxiety is out the roof and we as Christians should be leveraging this divine opportunity. What I mean by that is that everyday my goal by my words and deeds is to move everyone one step closer to Christ.
People who don’t know Christ all have a certain level of receptivity to the whole idea of Christianity. After making emotional deposits into someone’s life, I often ask what role does faith play in their life? They will give an answer that places them somewhere on this receptivity scale:
Hostile: Harmful experiences in the past and are bitter toward God and the church.
Once I know where they are, my responsibility is to give them the right amount of grace and truth that aligns with where they are with God. You have to intentionally be in someone’s life to build trust when change points come. It could be getting married, having a first child, losing a job or living with COVID-19.
As I walked in my neighborhood missional network this morning, I was impressed how different everyone was that I got to talk with. When I said to some I barely know, is there anything you need or something I can do to help, the response was overwhelmingly positive.
Esther had her moment in time and she by faith stepped into the chaos and completely trusted the Father. This is absolutely our time to be the fragrance of Christ with every person we meet and prayerfully leave all of them better than we found them.