2. We Are Speaking About Our Contentment.
Hospitality requires us to share with others, and if we are going to share with others, it means that we will have to do with less ourselves. We will have less personal time, less personal space, less personal comfort. But when we choose this posture, we are testifying about our personal contentment. Having less is fine, because we know that when we have Jesus, we truly already have more than enough.
3. We Are Speaking About Our Future.
God is not merely redeeming individuals; He is building a people for His own glory. This people will live together, with Him, for all eternity. Heaven will not be lived out in isolation, but in community. If we believe this to be true, then one way we testify to that belief is by pursuing a posture of hospitality right now. When we welcome others in, we are living out a small foretaste of what’s to come in the future.
True enough, you might be more naturally bent toward this sharing of life than someone else. But regardless of our natural personality traits, the practicing of hospitality is one of the simplest ways we can engage those around us with the truth of the gospel.
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