We have a noon Eucharist every day here, and as I was driving to church a few days ago, I was thinking about someone in particular, and I said, “Lord, I sure hope__comes to church today.” Immediately Jesus spoke in me (to me), “I am the God of the whosoever.” I immediately thought, “Huh?” Jesus then began to explain to me that He was thrilled about those who were going to be there because He massively and passionately loves everyone the same. He doesn’t get bummed out about who doesn’t show up. He is super pumped about those who do because He has been looking forward to being with them in that moment and in that setting for a long, long time. How many times do preachers or Bible teachers get disappointed and discouraged about who isn’t there instead of joining Jesus and participating in His sheer joy about those who do? This can be true about any Christian, not just preachers or Bible study teachers. What about when simply meeting people to fellowship with them and some particular person doesn’t show up, or perhaps someone shows up knew you were hoping would not, and it causes you to be cast down in your heart? It is important to understand that the most important person in the world to Jesus is the one standing in front of you. Does Jesus feel like a failure or bummed out when not as many people show up as He hoped there would be in any setting (of course, Jesus doesn’t even think like that since He already knows who is coming), or is Jesus the one who went out of His way for the one? Jesus is all about “whosoever.” Christ is your life if you are Christian, and He wants you to share his joy-filled perspective about people. He is just as thrilled about the one (even if it wasn’t the one you were expecting or hoping for) as He is about the 10,000. To be Christlike includes being impractical in union with His “whosoever” attitude.
