The Gospel of the Minority
Two are better than one.
It doesn’t take an accounting degree to know that.
In a world of cost- benefit analysis, logic dictates that we channel available resources to the majority.
In Jesus’ book, a good shepherd goes after one lost sheep even though ninety-nine are safe.
My response? This shepherd probably failed math class!
In the world we’re used to, the majority rules and the minority have to deal with it.
God’s economy flips that theory on its head.
I got a real life example of that in Church.
Amidst the worship she was definitely a stand out.
Everyone around her was enthralled in worship. She was encased in tears.
Not the obvious sobbing orchestrated to get attention but silent drops that constantly dripped down her face. Not even the two sincere worshipers flanking her noticed, but I did.
Come to think of it, maybe they did and assumed she was caught up in the worship.
Truthfully though, anyone who knows even a little bit about body language could tell this was an unhappy soul with overflowing levels of pain.
Ours is a large congregation and after the service was over I lost sight of her.
I do wonder; does God see when a single heart bathed in grief lies among a thousand voices raised in song?
Does one anxious spirit get heaven’s attention though it’s seated among hundreds who are calm?
What happens to the depressed, the disappointed and the despondent as they try blending in with the healthy, the wholesome and the strong?
According to the theory of ninety-nine, they get noticed. According to the shepherd of shepherds, the wounded get more attention, as do the vulnerable and the lost.
Those of us on the positive side of wholesome may think it unfair but the truth is, some hearts need more attention in certain seasons than others.
Maybe you’re in one of those seasons.
Don’t let logic tell you he’s pushed you aside because you don’t fit the profile of the healthy.
He’s closer than you think— helping your infirmities, holding your brokenness and strengthening your weary heart and He won’t stop until you’re restored.