A French pastor was called to serve in a small French community. At one of the first homes he visited, the wife was away, so he could only talk with the husband. When the wife returned, she probed her husband about the nature of the new pastor’s visit:
“What did he say?” she asked.
“He asked, ‘Does Christ live here?’” the husband replied. “He didn’t really ask anything else. Just, ‘Does Christ live here?’”
“Well, surely you told him that we are the church’s biggest supporters.”
“He didn’t ask that,” the husband repeated. “He only asked, ‘Does Christ live here?’”
“Well, you must have told him that we read our Bible and say our prayers every day.”
“He didn’t ask about that either. He only asked, ‘Does Christ live here?’”
“Well, did you tell him that we attend his services every Sunday and sit in the front?” the wife persisted.
“He didn’t ask about that. He only wanted to know, ‘Does Christ live here?’”
And that’s all God wants to know.