The man replied, “The one who showed him mercy.” Then Jesus said, “Yes, now go and do the same.
Some people are just more comfortable with strangers. Maybe for the rest of us it is because we listened as children and we just can't over that we aren't supposed to talk to strangers. But, before someone becomes a customer or an employee, they are first strangers. If we can find a way to be more comfortable with dealing with strangers, then we open up a broader universe of possibilities. If we can't get there, then we need others in our companies who don't hesitate when coming by strangers. Being open and accessible to strangers opens many good opportunities that there is no way to predict.
We are taught to befriend strangers. The Good Samaritan exemplified how Christ accepts all into His Kingdom. When we befriend, support and lift up those who are strangers then we are like acting out the ways of the Good Samaritan. When we get so insulated within the same people, many who just like us, we shut down our opportunity to be expansive in our example and messaging of God's way for us. The stranger today may be the person in the elevator, in a meeting, or at the break table. What can we do today to turn a stranger into someone who tomorrow we say hi as if we know them?
Reference: Luke 10:37 (New Living Translation)
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