JESUS TAKES IT PERSONALLY

JESUS TAKES IT PERSONALLY: A lot of people see a homeless man on the corner and immediately look the other way. Maybe he made bad choices. Maybe addiction put him there. Maybe he’s lying. Maybe he’s mentally ill. Maybe he had everything fall apart faster than he could stop it. None of that changes what Jesus said. “For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in.” Matthew 25:35 KJV Then He made it personal. “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Matthew 25:40 KJV That man sleeping behind the store is still made in the image of God. That woman carrying everything she owns in a shopping cart is still somebody’s daughter. That veteran talking to himself on the sidewalk may have once been willing to die for people who won’t even make eye contact with him now. Use your head. Handing out cash isn’t always the right move. Buy him a meal. Get her a room. Offer work. Help somebody find treatment. Make a phone call. Sit down and listen for five minutes. Just don’t call coldness wisdom. “Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.” Proverbs 21:13 KJV You’re not going to fix homelessness by yourself. Nobody expects you to. You can still help the person God put right in front of you. The world may treat them like trash. Jesus doesn’t. He takes it personally. #MoreJoyMinistries