This week, we remember that God’s heart is always wider than our own. Drawing from Jeremiah 2, we hear the prophet’s grief over a people who have forgotten the story of God’s faithfulness and turned inward, trusting “broken cisterns” instead of the living water. In Hebrews 13, we are reminded that the life of faith is not private or contained—it overflows in love, welcome, and sacrificial hospitality, even to those we don’t know.
This sermon invites us to see the stranger as gift and the nations as part of God’s table. It challenges us to step “outside the camp,” to leave behind fear and scarcity, and to trust the generous God who calls His people to make room for others. How might our church look different if we believed every act of hospitality was a window into God’s kingdom?
