Do You See This Woman?

Have you ever entered someone's house and had them say to you.."Sorry, my house is a mess!" I think it's an interesting example of our desire to have connection with others, yet feeling insecure about ourselves. Let me ask a second question. Have you ever had someone say that to you, and you replied, "Ya, you're right- it's disgusting- I'm outta here!" -- Never right? Good. Because our God doesn't do that to us either. We want to believe and have a relationship with God but often we are so worried about the condition of our "house" that we wont let him in---at least not very far. The trick is that Jesus already knows the condition of our "house"- that's why he wants to come in and show us a better way.

In today's message, Jesus is invited to the home of a Pharisee- but it is not the Pharisee who demonstrates what inviting Jesus into our "house" should look like...but someone else-- someone uninvited.... hope you enjoy the message!