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Where's The Love?

February 3, 2012

34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me’.

37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ Matthew 25:34–40

Servanthood – that’s what Jesus calls me to…but not out of obligation, but out of a heart deeply saturated in love for Him and for others.

Am I living, am I serving out of obligation, out of fear of messing up and not measuring up? Or am I living, am I serving out of this love…the love that the Father has lavished on me, the love of the Son who gave up His life willingly for me?

Is this the love that I come with to people, is this the heart that I serve out of?

Love is not love if it is saturated in, if it is motivated by fear and guilt… Do I know this love, I mean really know this love, that it motivates me, that it spurs me on to love and serve others…Relentlessly? At cost to myself?

I get so caught up in my world that I often fail to see the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, those in prison…I fail to see Jesus…and if I fail to see them…how can I love them, how can I serve them, how can I be Jesus to them?

Jesus, my eyes are so easily blinded. Help me to see you, help me to see these you call me to love and to serve. Forgive me for turning a blind eye, for walking past and refusing to engage…Give me your eyes, give me your heart…Love through me Jesus, in your Name, I pray, Amen.

Erin

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