October 29

Love Aliens? 

  

So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

––Deuteronomy 10:19, NASB 

Men become what they love, which manifests in worship. If you love stuff, you become a materialist. If you love indulging yourself and worship feelings and thrills, you become a hedonist. If you love your image more than you love God and people, you become a narcissist. If you worship the “God of gods and Lord of lords” who defends the vulnerable, you become a tender warrior. This means taking on His character, conduct, and causes with aliens. The above verse uses different words—foreigner, stranger, sojourner—depending upon the Bible translation, but it all means the same thing. 

When Jesus charged the disciples saying, “Go make disciples,” it was synonymous with saying, “Go fight for the captives,” because freedom from sin and death through the Spirit would be the outcome. The Holy Spirit’s mission in our lives is to conform us to the God we worship, and He is passionate about delivering people. 

Through the Holy Spirit, God’s Man shares God’s heart. Making commitments in His name is synonymous with faithfully acting according to His character. Make no mistake: His character is to defend the vulnerable, the captive, the marginalized, the persecuted, the oppressed, the lonely, the left out and the left behind

If we are listening to the Holy Spirit, our hands and feet will eventually take us toward the aliens among us. It may take some time, some maturing, and some changes within us first, but eventually the Holy Spirit will raise us up as tender warriors who are unafraid and unapologetic to stand up for those who need a spiritual champion to fight for them.

This has zero to do politics, borders, parties, elections, candidates, or administrations. It has everything to do with mimicking Jesus. Look at Jesus’ own bloodline: Rahab was a harlot who came to faith in YHWH and as an alien, was given favor for helping the Israelites conquer Jericho. Her son was Boaz, the man of God who welcomed the alien, Ruth, a Moabitess, into his household and made her his wife. Ruth is the great-grandmother of David, and through the Davidic lineage came Jesus.

Love as Jesus loves; do as Jesus does. Rise above the cultural constraints from both “left” and “right” to simply do the correct thing: Love those who suffer; lift up the oppressed; care for the strangers among you.

Thank You, Father, for giving me your heart to reach out to an alien that I once was.