How Do You Cook Crow?

Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.  Ephesians 4:2-3 NLT

What are the expectations of Christ?  How does the Lord expect of you and the body of believers to treat one another?  One word sums up his expectation of us; that one word determines if our witness as a Christ follower is true or not—we will either gather or scatter believers, and we will bring in or ward off unbelievers.  Being one in Christ is readily recognizable by a spirit that displays a gentle, humble effort to live by and within the essence of God’s nature—love (1 John 4:16).

You might say, “Owen, that’s hard, you haven’t met the Christians I have to deal with.”  That may be, but you need ask, “Am I ignoring God’s will, am I living differently than what Jesus expects of me?”  If you are within Christ’s expectations, then you’re in God’s will.  What does Jesus expect?  Jesus expects nothing less than our obeying what he has commanded us to do.  Jesus didn’t ask, he said, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another” (John 13:34, emphasis mine).  Simply, “Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another,” (2 John 6). 

You might say, “Oh, I’ll have to eat a lot of crow to do that.”  If that’s the case, then it’s time you changed your diet, and what you serve your guests.

Woefully Not Meeting Expectations,

Owen <><

A pot of crow cooks as well as pheasant under glass.  The words of a recipe are meaningless without a presentation that transforms slop into a delicacy.