Jesus reveals His presence in the most unsuspecting places, to to individuals and groups ghe power elite often overlook. I wonder if one of the reasons that the church is multiplying believers in under developed countries and among the oppressed is because the western world has become too self sufficient and proud. Jesus humbled Himself to be with the over looked, marginalized and those without power.
“In a world obsessed with strength and dominance, we worship a God who bleeds. Power is redefined in the shape of the cross. Glory isn’t in domination but descent. The church forgets this at its peril, for the moment it chases influence over intimacy, control over service, and status over humility, it trades the kingdom of God for a counterfeit.” - Graham Joseph Hill
“In the kingdom Jesus proclaimed, there are no outsiders, no disposable lives, no walls that keep grace out. In the kingdom, the stranger isn’t a threat but a mirror in which we see our own dependence on mercy. The Scriptures insist that God loves the foreigner, and calls the people of God to do the same, not as a political slogan but as a defining mark of holiness. The Incarnation itself is an act of divine crossing: the eternal Word stepping over the border of heaven into the poverty, danger, and fragility of human existence.” - Graham Joseph Hill
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