Generosity as an expression of Love

It is hard to imagine the love that must have dwelt in the heart of Rachel Saint who was successful in planting the seed of Christianity and nurturing it germination and growth to a grand harvest by God, in the hearts of the Auca Indians of Ecuador. This was aafter her brother and friends were murdered by those very individuals who later responded to Rachel's generous effort. The subplot of the 9 builders from Fellowship Bible Church being flown by Missionary Aviation Fellowship into Ecuador for a two week project to build basic infrastructure for Miss Saint to help in her day to day operation and creature comfort, is notable and plaudible.

The very core of love your enemies is exemplified here.

Getz segues then to a more fathomable perspective of helping those within the church as we perceive need or find opportunity, especially those involved in the ministry of the Church, or on mission to our area as we Shadow Hills have done recently in supplying lunches for the World Changers. Sometime the need is harder to ascertain and more spiritual in aspect, so we must be about applying these verses here(esp 1 Tim 3:2) to our lives and our minds and oour hearts and our life habit in a way that we are open to the Spirit leading and others plight in such a way that they can know we are following the Christ who saved us.

He then brings to our attention 1Petrer 4:8-9, which teaches as much about hospitality as we shall ever learn. No complainging. And Getz says we should do it whether we feel it or not. If we wait on our feeling we just may and probably will miss the opportunity God has supplied us to be that little bit of Jesus we can be.

I like that he then moves to opening our homes as a part of opening our hearts and does a good job of building the foundation for an effective home bible study. Right down our alley eh? Befriend some folks, and afterwe have befriended them then we might invite them to our small home group bible study. A probelem some of us have seen in our home groups is that some prospective type folks have shown up to attend but did not feel comfortable going to someone else's house even for Bible Study right off the bat, and so, because there is nothing else really offered, it may be that we have lost the opportunity to grow with them as a part of our spiritual nest.

A beautiful Word is a Truth with Sweat Equity part II: Worthy walking explained

In Ephesians 4 & 5 Paul gives us some details and 'how tos' for accomplishing the thing everybody wants to see in 'the other guy'-no hypocrisy. We are to walk in a manner worthy of our calling.

We have been called into the light, out of the darkness, and are now bearers of that light and as such are not to shade the light from others in a way that causes them to turn away or scoff or stumble.

We are to take care in the way or manner in which we walk because the opaths on which we traverse are filled with potholes and cliffs and assaulted by falling rocks, it is narrow and winding and sometimes great furious beasts may be encountered in our way, and always there are those about us who are watching curious and needful of our good and wise step and pace.

We have abandoned an old nad corrupt way of life for a new way that refreshes as we walk and encourages those about us to follow after us in hope, truth, joy, kindness, gentleness and generosity.

This then becomes us as an imitation or emulation of Christ who offered himself as a sacrifice for us, to God, His Father, a pleasing aroma.

No specific actions here so much as detailed attributes of an attitude.