On my way home for lunch today, I heard a story, on Klove, about a couple who had been married 72 years dying from a car accident. They had both sustained severe injuries from the accident and were put in the ICU at the local hospital. The nurses put the couple in the ICU room together and as their children got there they saw their parents holding hands. Their kids recount how this couple had loved being together and dearly loved each other their whole lives. The man died a little first and the son recounted that his father had stopped breathing and yet the heart monitor was still beating. He asked the nurse why the heart monitor was still beating and she said it was because the heart beat of the wife was beating through his hand and being pickup up by the equipment.
As I felt the joy of love and brokenness of loss all at the same time, the Lord laid on my heart how we are all to be like this to those dead in sin around us. Many times we try our best to stay away from the sinners around us because we are afraid that we will be tainted or brought down by them. Jesus said the opposite should be true though because we are to be the ones to go out and make disciples and we are the ones who are to be the light and salt of the world. How can they see and experience the beating heart of Christ unless we share it with them? We have to love them and share our heart for Christ with this dying world. It is by doing this that the Holy Spirit can come in repair and restart a sinner's soul for Jesus.
Have you been sharing Jesus with others? Have you been loving the sick, the sinners, the hurting and holding their hand in the struggle of life. Have you been showing them the love of Christ that is in you? Or have you been keeping Jesus' love to yourself? If you have been hiding Jesus' love, maybe it is because you are scared of what people's reaction will be. Maybe because you want Jesus' love all to yourself. Maybe because you do not realize the power of the Savior's heart beating in you.
I once saw a skit where a person on stage received Jesus' love, which they could hold in their hands. At first they admired it, held it close, and cherished it but when someone else came along they decided to share it. When they shared Jesus' love, the love of Jesus that the person had shared became almost bigger than they could carry. As each person went on to share the love of Jesus, they would slowly walk off the stage with their hands overfilled with Jesus' love. This continued on for three or four people and each person who shared the love of Jesus ended up with the love they had been given being greatly increased. The final person in this skit to receive the love of Jesus loved it so much that when the next person came along they decided not to share it. After the last person, who had not received the love of Christ, left the stage, Jesus' love disappeared from the person's hands who had hoarded it.
The point of the skit, as I'm sure most of you realized, is that the love of Jesus can only continue to grow in you when you share it with others. Jesus said in Mark 2:17, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." We have to meet people where they are. We have to love them both by telling them about the saving grace of Jesus and by meeting their needs. By extending out a hand of love to the hurting world around us, we will be able to share the most important thing we have, which is the beating heart of love and salvation through our wonderful Savior Jesus within us.
Blessings,
Greg
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