THE LEAST OF THESE
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40
There are many of the Lord's instructions that we show by our actions that we have not fully understood or considered even believed.
He exhorts us: “take no thought for tomorrow” and yet we worry ourselves to death. He promises “my yoke is easy" and yet we prefer to labour under our own. He says, “If you love me, keep my commandments” and yet we don't keep His commandments even though we say we love Him. He warns: "you cannot serve God and money” and yet we always serve the two.
But perhaps the revelation which is most widely ignored is this: if you do anything for the least of Jesus' brethren, it is as if you have done it to Jesus. What you do for the needy, you do for Christ. Do you believe that?
Have you visited the smelly prisons; given to evangelism; reached out to broken drug addicts; taught children the God's word—all as if you were doing it to Jesus? So often we hurry by the hurting faces of Jesus' brothers and sisters because we consider them beneath us. And yet King Jesus says, “you have done it to me.”
Did you wake up this morning with the realization that today you could do something to minister directly to Jesus? Let that revelation sink in. Live like you take Jesus' statement seriously. Help the hurting, give to the needy, win a soul, encourage the downcast just the way you would if Jesus was the One you were serving. Because He is.
Prayer: Lord, give me a compassionate heart.
Scriptural Reading: Matthew 25:31-46
