We gathered for all-block debrief today, beginning with breakfast, worship, and book study at Dani´s house. Our interns are reading When Helping Hurts this summer and one of the questions Thomas asked as he taught the group this morning was “Would Jesus want to hang out with this group?” He didn’t make anyone answer out loud, but even as the conversation moved on, I think we all kept coming up with answers in our head to that question.
- Yes, he would, because we are the people who want to follow him.
- No, he wouldn’t, because we aren’t the poorest of the poor.
- Yes, he would because we’re pretty sinful.
- No, he wouldn’t, because we’re the religious leaders.
- Yes, he would, because we are building his church.
- No, he wouldn’t because we quite often defile his temples.
- Yes, he would because we’re pretty dumb sometimes and need to be taught.
- No, he wouldn’t because we aren’t always ready to let go of our idols.
I want to be the kind of person Jesus would want to hang out with. But at the same time I want to be so much better than I am so he doesn’t have to waste his time with me. And what’s funny about that is that both of those goals are accomplished by being the kind of person who hangs out with Jesus.
