Tag: approachable

All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him. (Luke 15:1)

For some reason, those words hit me this morning. And it made me wonder: “How approachable am I to those who don’t know Jesus?”

I’ll be honest. I’m not a people person. I like people, but no one would ever call me an extrovert. And for me, meeting new people is never easy. I’ve gotten better at it, but I don’t know if I’ll ever be natural at it.

But can people see the love of Jesus in me? Can they sense I care about them? Can they approach me knowing that I’m not looking down on them or condemning them?

I hope so. But then again, I can look at myself and see times I wasn’t so approachable.

Jesus was approachable. That’s why “sinners” were attracted to him. No one, on the other hand, ever accused the Pharisees of being approachable.

We are called to spread God’s Kingdom, to invite people to come under his good reign. But that will never happen if we are not approachable as Jesus was.

So the thing I’m praying today is, “Lord show me how to be more approachable, like you were.”

How about you? Are you approachable?