Enter in
Acts 10:27
“Talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people.”
Peter went in. The Jew went into the house of a Gentile. It has led some to believe that this is not a story of the conversion of Cornelius but the conversion of Peter. I get it. Peter has understood the vision he received. In an act of repentance he goes in, he steps into the unknown, he does something culturally unacceptable, he moves into dangerous obedience.
And so must we?
We must move in, press in, go into the house of strangers, get out of our comfort zones and be with those who need Jesus. Yesterday I was privileged to be in the homestead of an ex-witch doctor, visiting him with our missionary nurse, it was a huge privilege to walk out of my world and into his much different world than mine. I felt I was where Jesus wants me to be.
Going in often isn’t about oneself, it is about the other person. Jesus sends you and me to enter in today the house of a stranger.
Missions Paul 