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I am a task oriented person.
When I have a list in front of me, I find it difficult to focus on people.
Years ago, my wife said I made it no fun to grocery shop with her.
I thought…this is supposed to be fun?
I saw it as a job to do.
I focused on what’s next, where she wanted to read the label, talk about what we were having for dinner, etc.
She wanted to connect…I wanted to get it done.
She doesn’t let me shop with her very often…and she doesn’t shop with me much either.
Do you ever find yourself trying to focus on tasks and you forget about the people around you? It’s great to focus, but it’s easy to go beyond focus.
Its easy to obsess over tasks rather than relationships.
PRAY FOR US
That’s our lawyer friend in the passage that has served as the foundation for our series the Art of Being a Neighbor.
We see it in Luke 10.
What must I do to inherit the kingdom...
Task list.
heart…check
soul....check
strength…check
mind....check
neighbor…who’s my neighbor?
WHO is exactly the point because it’s not about what you do as much as it is who you are.
Being a neighbor is about people not projects.
Loving our neighbor is not:
about Filling in the boxes on the chart.
about getting people saved in order to grow our church.
about getting them to come to church so we can have more money for the budget.
I’m talking about the difference between ulterior and ultimate goals.
Ulterior are concealed goals, usually making us to be manipulative.
We never want to do that.
But we do have an ultimate goal, a desired end.
In the book The Art of Neighboring, the author puts it this way:
The ulterior motive in good neighboring must never be to share the gospel.
But the ultimate motive is just that—to share the story of Jesus and his impact on our lives.
While we certainly want our neighbors to know Jesus and live in a relationship with him.
That is not our motivation.
Neither is our motivation to be checking their box off our list.
Our motivation for loving our neighbor is the fact that we have been loved by Jesus.
I wrestled with this this past weekend.
Michelle and I went out for a walk to visit our neighbors, to introduce ourselves.
WE went to the first house and introduced ourselves, chatted for a bit and I thought, yes one down.
Then we went to the next, another great conversation…yes!
Then to the next one…no one was there, ok I thought.
No problem, we can come back out.
Then the next one wasn’t their either.
At this moment I thought, Ok we have to come back out, let’s just go home and we will finish this later.
Did you hear that.
I said finish this.
My neighbors had become a task for me just that quick.
It wasn’t until we knocked on one more door.
It was what we found in this door that made me remember that this wasn’t about a task.
I knocked on Carol’s door.
I saw a friendly face, they invited us in.
We must have spent an hour there, just visiting with them.
Then I remembered…this was about connecting.
Other times we see our neighbors as tasks to save.
I just need to tell them about Jesus.
We are supposed to be making disciples right?
that is what we do.
We are supposed to meet people and tell them about Jesus, get them saved, then go to the next one.
That’s making them projects too.
If we are seeking to become true friends with our neighbors, one of the worst things we can do is make our neighbors feel like a project.
Like we are just trying to preach at them.
IF they are true friends we will tell them about Jesus, because Jesus is part of our life.
But if they feel like they are our target…what does that tell them about the Jesus in our life?
This can happen when we “over serve” them.
When we always have the answer, when we always have what they need, it sort of raises us up to a power position.
It starts off as wanting to be truly helpful and loving to our neighbors, but if it goes too far, we damage the relationships.
Great relationships are reciprocal relationships, they exist on two way streets.
Because at the end of the day no one wants to feel like a project.
Everyone wants to feel that we bring something to the table.
Instead of running around serving our neighbors, making them feel like a project, because we have all the answers.
Why don’t we flip that.
Let them be the one with the answers, or at least show that we need help too?
That means we have to get used to being served, we have to get better at receiving.
How comfortable are you at asking for help?
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Many of us don’t like getting help.
We are afraid:
We worry it shows a lack of maturity.
Children need help, I am no child.
Will people will see me as immature?
We worry it reveals ignorance.
Although God gives us different gifts, do you feel that you should know everything?
We worry it is a sign of weakness.
Do you worry that people will think you are not as strong or capable as they thought?
We worry it requires me to lose control.
How important is it for you to feel in control?
Do you believe you really have control?
We worry it is a burden to others.
Do you worry that you’ll just be adding to their plates, or that you’ll owe them?
I know these reasons are why I am reluctant to ask for directions.
But as I reflect on this, these are the exact same reasons that I find it hard to ask my neighbors for help.
This exactly where we find ourselves in the text today.
Jesus teaching the disciples the art of receiving.
The scene is the last supper in
Do you see what happened here?
Jesus was teaching them the importance of receiving.
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