How do you normally respond to a child or even an adult who doesn’t know how to read? It seems simple in question but the answer might indeed be more difficult to establish. When it’s been so long ago since you yourself learned how to form words with the scattered letters on a page, it’s hard to imagine someone not knowing how. How does one even function without the ability to read? A vast window of knowledge and opportunity is closed to the individual who can not grasp this part that enriches the life.
Again, I ask, how do you treat such a person? Is it with pride that you point out their failings? Do you scoff at their ignorance? Encourage their inner doubt? Hoist yourself up above them and look down with superiority? Do you consider how the person came to be in that situation or do you condemn them for their circumstance? What is your course of action? Or do you have one?
How do you normally respond to a person who doesn’t know Christ? This question appears so much more involved than the actual answer. No matter how long ago the moment was that you decided to trust Him with your life, you somehow find it difficult to remember how it came to be. You realize how hopeless life is and can feel without Him in your life and often wonder how anyone can live without Him. So much of the world doesn’t make sense unless seen through the filter of Christ.
But then how do you treat those people? Those souls who have never met the Savior who took you from sin to salvation? Do you stand taller in comparison, knowing you have something they don’t? Do you smirk when they fall short, seeking desperately to fill a void that you yourself once had? Do you condemn them for a belief that is false but since never contested, is held closely? Does your heart go out to them, or do you shake your head in disappointment at their lack of knowledge or contentment? What is your course of action? Or do you have one?
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