Hospitality Matters

​We’ve spoken frequently of how hospitality has shaped our personal ministry and the ministries we often find ourselves engaging. I could go through a litany of verses that speak truth to the importance of it, but I want to focus our attention on Hebrews 13:2 which says, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” We don’t know who we are impacting or how you are impacting others simply by living your Christian life and practicing hospitality. It could be that you encourage a fellow believer, open the door for a gospel conversation with a lost soul, or are purely glorifying the Lord by showing the world the radical love of Christ by caring for the stranger. Consider Jesus, where in Matthew 8:20 he says, “…Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” It was the hospitality of others (the majority being women) that provided the means to his ministry which was food in his belly, money for journeys, a roof over his head. Hospitality doesn’t mean you need to have the grand big house, be in the right role of leadership, or have the perfect finances to make an impact for the kingdom. Hospitality matters now in these moments God has given us whether we’ve been settled in the same home for 30 years or are nomadic wanderers.