Reading: I Peter 1:17, Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.
Especially when reconnecting with friends with whom I have not been able to spend very much time, I typically will find myself saying the familiar phrase, “Hey, don’t be a stranger!” But, here in this life, in this world we are told, “Hey, be a stranger!”
What can I say, Webster says it very plainly. A “stranger” is, “1 : c : a person or thing that is unknown or with whom one is unacquainted d : one who does not belong to or is kept from the activities of a group e : one not privy or party to an act, contract, or title : one that interferes without right. 2 : one ignorant of or unacquainted with someone or something.
Being a stranger is not necessarily fun. You usually do not feel comfortable. You miss your home and the comfort of your surroundings. You don’t feel like you really know anyone. You don’t feel familiar with your surroundings.
If you moved to a new location where you didn’t know anyone and you know that you were not planning to live there very long until you move back “home”, how much time would you take to “settle down”? How much time would you take to work to become comfortable in your surroundings?
How can you live here as a stranger in this world in reverent fear?
What will you do that today?
REVIEW
How were you able to get out of your comfort zone and be a stranger in this land today?
What impact did that have on your day and the way that you live?
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