While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭9‬:‭10‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Contrary to popular opinion, lightning doesn’t strike a church you walk into. God welcomes you as you are with open arms. 

The real issue rarely discussed however, may be that some over-schooled believers remain unnecessarily slow to mature, still wanting milk over meat and not taking up the difficult tasks of the cross. 

Let’s call it an unwillingness to wean. 

The church needs to step up and challenge people to step out. Graduate into the ministry into which you’ve been trained and called. 

Get off the teats and into the streets. 

It’s not the healthy who need doctors, it’s the sick.