A while back, my wife showed a video clip from her Facebook account regarding a morbidly obese young man and how sad he was to be that way. Yet his response was not to try and change his situation but to only eat more. In the news you hear stories of teenagers who kill themselves because of extreme bullying that they can no longer live under. You see stories about war veterans who return home, become alcoholics, end up living on the street and destroying their lives.
What is the one thing in common with all of these? The common factor is the lack of influence in their lives by Christians. Somehow, the body of Christ has fallen into a seclusion. We have taken the command to be in the world but not of the world as an excuse to stay away from all the ugliness that goes on.
It is our responsibility to love everyone around us. We MUST be an influence in this world. If we are not, we are failing in the one summary command we have from our Lord: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
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