"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it"

In our world, we live in, it's build on distrust and anonimity and it goes hand-in-hand. When you see a beggar on the street - what happens? You think "Oh he could be faking it, to earn money."

When asked for things... you tend to be like "ooo Can I trust him to bring it back?" As a result, we live in a world of mistrust. Yet the word encourages us - to entertain strangers which doing so needs to be more trusting.

As the Bible says "Do not Judge"... "Do not throw your pearls to the pigs" and likewise if we judge them too quickly, we may not entertain them because we start to think of reasons why we can mistrust them, reasons why we shouldn't entertain them. 

Rather as difficult as it sounds, but by the LORD's grace, we need to think the opposite "What are reasons to trust them?", How can we best entertain them. This is counter-culture and counter-humanity, because we are shifting from "risk assessment and self-loss (losing resources or time)" in exchange for "blessing, helping and loving people".

"Remember those in prison as though you were their fellow prisoner, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering"

 Don't just pray a blessing for your enemies or brothers/sisters in Christ. we must remember to pray as though we are there and not just "Lord bless them and comfort them" but rather we should learn to empathise and pray in such a way, that we can bless them.

" Keep your lives FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY and BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, because God has said, Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you."

In our spirit, we know we are wrestling with fleshly desires due to FOMO and not being content with what we have - and always wanting more.

Why are we not content? Because of FOMO, because of wanting to stockpile more things (for the sake of having it). It's not like I plan to give it away to people. But that's not the right attitude.

In our spirit, we know that all we need is God and Jesus Christ. But in our flesh, we want more. We want to take things into our own hands. And comics books are guilty pleasures. 

They not only serve the "excuse" of self-gratifying when purchased due to immediate return on investment via art, but also serve the "excuse" of being investments.

But that is not so -- because you spend more times on "Comic Books" than you do other things. That my friend is the Love of such thing - something the LORD has called us to step away from. We can even see, we are not content with what we have.

So what does Paul say -- Because God has said, "Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you.

What does this mean? It means FOMO and Investment excuses are irrelevant. Because the LORD has come to say He will never leave us. And he will never forsake us. 

That means that so long as you keep yourself free from the love of Money, if by God's grace and will, he wants to bless you with that possession (whether it be a desired Comic Book or a blessing for others), he will do so. But God will give you what you need.

We don't need to focus on our Job interviews and worry for our jobs, nor should we worry about the economy and its depression. Because God has promised that "Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you."

Note that it doesn't mean life will be comfortable all the time -- but because he's with us -- He won't let anything conquer us. And if we aren't conquerable, then we know that we can be assured that we don't need to worry about it.

Christianity is about vulnerability "Let us then, go to him OUTSIDE the camp... bearing the disgrace he bore. For here we do not even have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come."

As Christians we symbolically go outside the safety of society - there's no security by following the crowd. And we bear the disgrace of Jesus, including all the negative press that comes with Christianity. But the only reason we do this - is because we can become Holy and we look towards the future to come!