Matthew 25:40 And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,you did it to me.”
Jesus wants us to know that how we treat each other really matters. We can imagine that when we reach out in care and love to anyone on earth, we are reaching out in care and love to Jesus. And the opposite is true as well. We know this well and I, for one, think about it every time I'm helping some with food or visiting someone who is alone. I am doing this for Jesus.
But I want to pose another conclusion from this. Jesus takes a special interest in the poor and the outcast. Jesus closely identifies himself with the poor. Members of his family. For those of us who have enough to eat and have a roof over our heads, this can be a faith-challenge. And here is what I think today: in those places in my life where I am poorest, in the most trouble, unable to stand on my own: those are the places where I am closest to God. Those are not things to hide from, but points of contact with the divine.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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