The Cross and the Refugee

As followers of Christ, the cross, on which Jesus self sacrificially bore the wrath of God to set us free, must be the substance of how we are defined.  The cross is the fulcrum by which grace lifts us.  It is our center.

And the cross must also define the way we see the world around us.  To fail to do this is to deny who we were, who we are, and how we got here.

When the helpless poor come before us and we reject them, what does that say about the grace offered to us?

When we were helpless.  When we had nothing to offer.  When our reception meant a significant price paid by our Redeemer. He paid the price in full, and received us in love.

As recipients of what we did not deserve and could never earn, the cross compels us to offer to the helpless what may cost us, even significantly, our welcome and our comfort.  The cross must define us, and it must define how we see the refugee.

Else, it means little to us at all.

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