The MET Church Houston, Texas

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. (1 Corinthians 9:22)

About 200 years ago the medical community recognized that a one-size-fits-all approach to medicine did not work. In the late nineteenth century, the idea of having special hospitals for children became very important. Most of the pioneer children’s hospitals in existence today had their beginnings between the years 1880 and 1915. You may ask what is so different about a children’s hospital. Children are smaller and shorter than adults; so these hospitals have smaller and shorter facilities, medical equipment and furnishings. The children’s hospitals have fun colors and pictures on the walls, fun toys, fun TV’s, fun doctors and fun nurses. You more than likely won’t hear laughter or see a clown walking down the hallway at an adult hospital, but these are common sights and sounds in a children’s hospital. Children have many of the same diseases and injuries as adults, but often the treatment plans are specific to children. Children are more fragile than adults and child-sized needles and medicines aid their progress toward good health. As a result of this realization, the pediatric specialty was born.

About 2000 years ago, Paul recognized the need to spread the Gospel differently in order to reach the slave, the Jew, those under the law or the weak. It was important to reach those different audiences in ways that helped them to understand the importance of the Gospel that Paul so desperately wanted to share. In First Corinthians, Paul even said if anything about him was getting in the way of people knowing Jesus, he would get it out of the way. Are there things in your life that might get in the way of other people knowing Jesus? Pray for God’s help in removing those obstacles. What do you need to know or learn about your neighbor in order to share the Gospel with him/her? Ask God to open your eyes to those in your circle of influence. Pray for Him to help you share the Gospel in relevant ways.