July 13 2025 —
What is competing for your attention? A lot, right? Because of all that “competition,” there is a real danger that we focus on the frivolous and ignore the indispensable. Thank heaven we have a Savior who is always focused on us!
During these summer weeks, as we work our way through Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is teaching us things He wants us to focus on as we hold on to Him as our Saviour. Today He wants us to give our undivided attention to helping a neighbor in need.
If someone is focused, they are not easily distracted by random events and encounters. If someone is focused, every decision about how to spend time and resources is calculated. Apart from Christ that type of focus spells disaster for our neighbor. We may dismiss the needs of our neighbor thinking, “If I spend time helping him, that will distract me from other things that need my attention.”
This week, Jesus teachers us that He has set us free to live a life of such distraction. After God, people in need come first. No matter the neighbor and no matter his need, we are free to give him our undivided attention, even if that seems senseless from a worldly perspective. Christ has set us free to bear any cost and go any distance to serve a neighbor as Christ Himself would serve them.
Join us for our sermon on Luke 10:25–37 — “Share God’s Mercy”