22 When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some. 23 I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.
24 Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
This is Paul's "I am all things to all people" passage. Iow, he learned to adapt himself to every situation & every kind of people so as to effectively connect with them so as to introduce them to Jesus.
How often do we try to do this? Or are we just "gonna be who we are" & let the chips fall where they may?
Sometimes the enormity of what we're about is a little overwhelming. We hold in our hands the Primary Truth of humankind - that through Jesus, we can reconnect with the God of the universes. This also carried the obverse truth - that those who don't avail themselves of the opportunity for reconnection will eventually find themselves disconnected from Him for all eternity.
And eternity is a long, long time.
All things to all people...
Try being that today...
I love you
24 Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
This is Paul's "I am all things to all people" passage. Iow, he learned to adapt himself to every situation & every kind of people so as to effectively connect with them so as to introduce them to Jesus.
How often do we try to do this? Or are we just "gonna be who we are" & let the chips fall where they may?
Sometimes the enormity of what we're about is a little overwhelming. We hold in our hands the Primary Truth of humankind - that through Jesus, we can reconnect with the God of the universes. This also carried the obverse truth - that those who don't avail themselves of the opportunity for reconnection will eventually find themselves disconnected from Him for all eternity.
And eternity is a long, long time.
All things to all people...
Try being that today...
I love you
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