40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Many lessons in today's chapter, a very familiar chapter. I picked this verse because this section fits into the theme of loving God and loving others. The way I read it is he tells us when we care for others in need he himself feels that...in fact we are loving God by loving others.
The world at least in the US needs a whole lot more of that attitude right now.
I feel like I'm failing on my challenge this week. My time has been 100% dedicated to being at work sitting in meetings. We do have a few people on my team feeling extreme stress at the moment, so I have taken time to stop and listen to their concerns. Not just from a work perspective but from how they are feeling.
This feels like just part of my job, but maybe the way I handle those situations can be an opportunity to have my actions be shaped by trying to follow his commandment to love others. Maybe that is something I need to have more in the conscious part of my mind so that I am using situations at work to do work that God wants me to do? I guess I'm struggling with finding how God wants to use me, is it right where I'm at now or am I to be seeking something completely different? Should I be finding new activities to be engaged in to create opportunities for him to use me?
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Those are all really good questions that you pose. I often think the same thing. To me, showing more love to others can be as simple as paying for the car behind you in the drive thru line,or taking time to talk to the neighbor that you really don't want to talk to. Or maybe its buying coffee for someone at work. One idea that Kim and I came up with is a money drop. We feel like we are incredibly blessed, and should be sharing that blessing with others. We talked about dropping some cash, anonymously on someone that we know could really use a kick in the check book. That's where my head is. Is it right?.....dunno.....keep asking God the question.
ReplyDelete35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
this verse talks to what you wrote about. Help others, love others, share you blessings (whatever they might be)....and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus. Everything else will work out.