Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.

Psalms 24:7 NLT

He never forces his way in, barges in, goes where he is not wanted. 

Even though He has all power and all authority, He chooses to be small. 

Invitational.

He waits. 

Becuase that's what Love does. 

When I have power somewhere, authority over others, I'm inclined to use it, to exercise it (& usually there's nothing inherently wrong in that) but I wonder how often things would have gone differently if I'd waited longer, if I'd listened more, if I'd become smaller. 

Carlos Rodriguez is a pastor in Puerto Rico who says:

"Jesus is the refugee.

The man on death row.

The child at the border.

The single mum with two jobs.

The person with a disability. 

The friend with an addiction.

The transgender co-worker.

The kid with no lunch.

How you treat them is how you treat Jesus."

This is his version of Matthew 25:37-45

Power and authority can be useful to change broken and damaging systems in society, churches, families, and we're called to that work, and at the same time we need to be small and invitational to meet people where they are, to see Jesus in one another, to see God's image in one another. 

The King of Glory became small for us, where do I need to become smaller to meet someone?

#psalms

#songs

#psalm24