Part 4: When Moving Forward Seems Impossible
We have good intentions: To change some aspect of our character, to serve in ministry, to reach out to someone who’s hurting. But we quit when it gets hard. The obstacles and our own weakness make it seem impossible to do the right thing. What hope is there for us to get out of this rut?
If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
When our bond with God was severed by our sin, He didn’t give up on us. He made a second Eden, a place for us to meet with Him and be redeemed. That place was the Temple, and the events that happened there teach us about a God who is mighty to save, the cost of our sin, and His plans for us.
