I met a great person yesterday. I have known this person since he was born; but I feel like I really met him yesterday. I spent the entire day with him. I watched my grandson Nicky break boards in his Karate class in the morning, we saw Avatar together in the afternoon and watch the Ragin Cajuns play their best game of the season last night. It was a long day but a great day. I have always know he’s a “great kid.” But he is a great person. We love many of the same things like karate, scifi, and basketball. He’s smart, personable and lovable. He’s a wise person. I thought it was cute to name the little video of his Karate class, “Nicky – The Human Saw.” He got a kick (this is Karate after all) out of it; but pointed out that I should change the name. He advised: “That’s not what the video is about. It’s about a whole class breaking boards; not just about me.” Yesterday I admitted I wasn’t as smart as OC; now I have to say I’m not smarter than a second grader.
That’s what Paul found out after persecuting Jesus for years. He was a great person. It took a personal encounter. Paul was not given a message or a doctrine to proclaim, he was brought into a vivid, personal, overmastering relationship to Jesus Christ. Paul was devoted to a Person not to a cause. He was absolutely Jesus Christ’s, he saw nothing else, he lived for nothing else. “For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.”
Spend some time today, while awaiting kickoff, to get to know someone for more than the role you’ve assigned to them whether it’s “spouse” “co-worker” or “grandson.” Make that relationship personal.
And while you’re at it, why not do more today than going to church. Maybe there’s Someone else who you need to know a bit more personally. Do I have to paint you a picture?
Like Paul and Nick, get knocked off your horse, and
Be blessed.
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