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“For I was hungered, and ye gave me no meat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink, I was a stranger, and ye took me not in, naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.”  Matthew 25:42-43 (KJV)

Have we ever seen a homeless person begging for food and passed them by? Perhaps we thought not to give them money because they might use it to buy beer or drugs. Has God ever whispered to us to buy them some food? Have you even stopped to ask God what you could do for them? Has God put someone in our path that is spiritually thirsty and we ignored that too? We could have introduced them to God.  What about someone who was in need of clothes? Did we go check our closet and give them some clothes? What about those in prison, it may not always be behind bars, but what about those suffering with depression?  Imprisoned in their own minds, have we reached out and given them hope or did we just assume it was a waste of time? What about those people in nursing homes? Have we thought about visiting them? Many people want ministry and keep waiting for it; but ministry is always around us. There are always needs. If we are sensitive to the Holy Spirit, He will show us what to do. We will be surprised at how much God will entrust us to do for Him if we only seek, knock, and ask.  Are we going to ignore it or surrender to God and reach out to others?

“Father, I am making myself available for You to use today. May I not be blinded nor choose to ignore the needs of others when it is in my power to help.”

For His Glory

Linda Reyes Shepherd
TRBC Mountain Blend