Seems to me that the guys in the passage used to really look after the sick, but they have lost their way now. Pauls saying they can start again and do what Jesus wants them to do. I’ve been in that place to, how about you? Was there a time when you were fired up doing just what God wanted you to do? Maybe you looked out for the lonely guy at school and invited them to join you, but these days you are just far to busy. It’s possible that you used to manage to keep away from stuff that you know God didn’t want you to do. But somehow you slipped into areas that are just not healthy for you. Maybe drink, maybe sex before marriage, maybe drugs. Do you feel a failure? Do you feel that God doesn’t want to know you? Well that’s trash, that’s the talk of the world, but it’s not how God sees you. Our God is a God of second, third, and millionth chances. You remember the prodigal Son returning to his Dad after he spent all the dosh and partying his life away, well that’s us. If you feel that you knew God but somehow he walked away, I am here to say that he didn’t walk away and he is busy looking for you. Stop, now, this very second and say sorry, he wants to know you more.
