Never Lonely by Heli Tad
Probably the most important principle that needs mention here is that we need to look at people as a work being completed. “He that has began a good work in you will perform it until..” the end(Phil. 1:6). This means that the people we are looking at (ourselves included) will be missing something and may not have all the ingredients we would have liked to have in our prospective mates, spouses or neighbors. However, the fact that Christ is in them gives us hope and assurance that they are being progressively beautified by the greatest sculptor in the universe who will improve and perfect them through time. We just need to make sure that they are in Christ. We need not reject people easily or only want people who are perfect. We also shouldn’t be too quick to judge people but should rather give them a break when they make mistakes the way The lord does with us. We should quickly dethrone ourselves from the position of being their judge to which we were never elected and install ourselves as a disciple-disciple-er, to humbly and kindly teach them what we have learned and show them things that elude them. The simple truth is that after the fall, we are all in various degrees of nakedness, for which Christ has come in order to cloth us with his own righteousness(Galatians 3:27) . When we understand this, we won’t look down upon anyone, but we will allow The Holy Spirit to use us towards the end of helping them put on Christ’s righteousness and to grow into His likeness(Ephesians 4:14-16, I John 3:2) .
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