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Are you approachable? (1)
'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control' Galatians 5:22-23
Before we look at whether or not we're approachable, we've got to ask 'do we care?' After all, some of us quite like the idea that people are scared of us, or that we're 'well 'ard'. People like this don't tend to be very approachable, because you never know what response you're going to get! But is this really how you want people to see you? You might feel good thinking people are scared of you, but it's hard to make good friends.
Let's take Jesus as an example. He was the ultimate hardman, and talk about scary; He was the Son of God AND could do pretty much anything He liked! Yet people flocked to Him in their thousands, His disciples never left his side. And why? It was because Jesus showed all the fruits of the Spirit. He was no walk over, yet He had so much compassion for people.
When people were trying to kill Him, He fought back with love. He was kind, He loved kids, He was gentle and humble but at the same time He knew He was the Son of God. He knew He had the strength of Father God to draw on when He felt weak. Let's think about how we can model ourselves on Jesus today. We've the same Father God watching our back so drop the well 'ard act and do it, Jesus style!
written by Bob Gass
