=THE ABILITY TO RESPOND CORRECTLY=
Luke 17:15–19 (Message)
One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came
back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God. He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so
grateful. He couldn't thank him enough – and he was a Samaritan. Jesus said,
"Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and
give glory to God except this outsider?" Then he said to him, "Get up. On
your way. Your faith has healed and saved you."
We are looking at our responsibility which is our "ability to respond
correctly".
Being responsive is vital for the relationships in our world to be all that
they were designed to be.
· God wants a responsive relationship with us. It was never meant to be a
one-way road, but rather a daily interwoven relationship of us responding to
Him and Him responding back – that's Christianity.
· The other relationships in our world need us to remain responsive too. For
example, as a pastor I deal with an element of marriage breakdown. The sad
thing is many marriages break down simply because one or both of the people
involved stop responding with "due response".
Every healthy marriage starts with a picture of volcanic response as a man
and a woman stand at the front of a church like a Princess with her Prince
Charming. There is no shortage of desire or response capacity. At the
reception that follows the atmosphere is charged with the thought of
responses yet to come (God designed it that way). The day is filled with
excitement, expectation, and joyous and arduous responses by both parties.
Sadly, for many, if you then press fast forward say about ten years you get
the picture of a man behind his newspaper at the kitchen table giving
automated responses to his wife, who is desperately wanting back the
response and attention from the responsive stallion she once knew. Instead
she hears the automated statements from behind a paper: "that's good dear",
"sounds nice dear", and the vibrancy of the marriage starts to fade.
Good news! If he was to suddenly realise what had happened and remember what
he once had and the promises that were made, and the dreams they started
their journey with, and that morning, with fresh revelation, walked past the
paper, spun her around, looked her in the eyes and sang to her their
favourite love song, that marriage would come alive again, instantly – all
we added was response!
When we respond correctly things come alive and stay alive. This principle
covers every relationship we face on our journey of life – family and
friendships, work/business relationships, teams and groups. Make sure you
remain responsive and watch how things stay fresh and vibrant.
God bless, have a great day (men, go sing to your wife),
Andy
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