Have you ever had the experience in a restaurant where you're dining with someone and your dish is extraordinary? What's the first thing you want to do? So often, you're imploring the person you're with to try a bite, to experience the same joy you're experiencing, to share the food that is causing delight.
Or maybe you went out to a new park, and it was beautiful and serene and incredible, so you found a friend and brought them to experience the park with you.
This is similar to what's happening here. When people recognize Jesus, they went and found community members in need, and they brought them to Jesus.
Although in this setting, they went another step. Not only did they bring their friends to Jesus, but they then implored Jesus. They became advocates for their friends and colleagues. This is the church at its best -- not only going out into the world, bearing the Good News of Jesus' love and power, but also going to Jesus and interceding on behalf of the world around us. The church goes back and forth between the world and Jesus, and in so doing, we are filled with awe and wonder and delight through the grace of God.
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