A valuable asset of healthy disciples is an ability to love and enjoy people. Jesus loves people and He enjoys people. Now, that does not mean that He didn’t have enemies and people who wished Him harm. He did, but He learned deal with them as well without losing His kind heart for all people.

Jesus also managed to do this loving and enjoying while dealing with lots of broken relationships. He managed to stay healthy in unhealthy arenas. In fact, He brought health to unhealthy people and unhealthy environments.

While we may not be able to change every unhealthy situation, we can bring our health to unhealthy environments and people. We can pray to not let other’s ill-health affect us, but to instead allow our Spirit-led health to impact and influence them. More on that next week. For now, focus on loving enemies and doing good.

Discipleship Prayer

Jesus, You came as a healthy, whole human being into an unhealthy, sinful world. You allowed Yourself to be personified as a sinful human being in this world by sinful people for whom You died. Help me to know that You will be my defender and stand up for me, and that I don't need to exact vengeance. Rather let me witness of Your great mercy not just in my life, but of Your willingness to be merciful in the lives of all other people. Help me to be healthy regardless of the environment I’m in and by Your Holy Spirit to bring health to unhealthy environments. In Your name I pray. Amen.