DO YOU TRUST JESUS WITH PEOPLE
There is a gentle truth many believers forget: Jesus saves people before He straightens people. He draws them in before He cleans them up. He heals the heart before He rearranges the habits.
Our calling is not to fix every flaw the moment we spot it; our calling is to bring people to Christ—the One who knows how to lead, convict, restore, and renew from the inside out. Sometimes we act as though the gospel comes with a magnifying glass, but Christ comes with open arms.
The woman at the well did not meet Jesus with her life in order. She met Him with a trail of broken relationships. Yet Jesus didn’t begin with a list of sins; He began with living water (John 4:10).
Zacchaeus didn’t climb that tree with a clean reputation. He came down dirty. But Jesus said, “I must stay at your house today” (Luke 19:5). Grace entered the doorway first—repentance followed afterward.
The disciples themselves were a mixture of ambition, unbelief, pride, and fear, yet Jesus’ call was simply, “Follow Me” (Matthew 4:19). He trusted that walking with Him would shape them more deeply than pressure ever could.
You’ve seen it happen yourself. You once knew someone tangled in a relationship outside the marriage covenant. You didn’t begin by hammering them with rules or scrutiny. You simply brought them close to Jesus—into His presence, into His teaching, into quiet moments of prayer, into the warmth of Christian fellowship.
And something sacred happened: their heart changed before you ever asked it to. They grew near to Christ, and the very thing they once defended or enjoyed became something they no longer wanted. Not because someone scolded them, but because the Holy Spirit gently redirected the desires of their heart.
That’s how real sanctification works—inside out, not outside in.
Do we trust Jesus with people? Do we believe He knows how to heal them, guide them, convict them, untangle them, and reshape them? The gospel is not a checklist; it is a Person. And once someone meets Him—truly meets Him—their heart becomes His workshop. Our job is to love them, walk with them, and introduce them to the Savior. His job is the transformation. He has never failed at it yet.
So when you meet someone broken, confused, addicted, angry, wandering, or tangled in sin, don’t rush to repair them—guide them to Jesus.
Trust that the same grace that changed you will change them.
Trust that the same mercy that opened your eyes will open theirs.
Trust that the same Shepherd who found you in the thorns knows how to gather them as well.
If we lift Him up, He will draw all people to Himself (John 12:32). And when He draws them, He will shape them—wisely, patiently, perfectly.
BDD
