About the poor

About the poor
In the book of Leviticus we read,
" ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.  
Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God." Leviticus 19: 9,10.
Leaving the fruit that had fallen and not going to the very edge of the field or not going over the field a second time left food for the poor to eat.
As one of my friends said it was perhaps the earliest recorded social safety net.
God wants us to look out for each other. It goes back to what Jesus said,
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets” Matthew 7:12.
We should to the best of our ability be looking out for those who are less fortunate around us. There are many reasons people are poor. Many reasons people are on the street. Everything from simply not being able to earn enough money to rent a home, to drug addiction, to mental illness and more.
Why they are on the street, or poor, or taking drugs, should be of no concern to true believers in Christ Jesus. To true Christians.
As Billy Graham the American evangelist put it,

“It is the Holy Spirits Job to Convict, 

God's job to judge

 and my job to love,” 

                            Billy Graham

It is our job as far as possible to love and help those in need in the name of Christ Jesus.
Jesus said,
"The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'" Matthew 25:40
Thus my question to you; are you doing what you can when you can for those less fortunate?
Can you do more?
Please think about it.

What will God find your doing?

What will He find you doing.

“No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.  
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.  
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;  and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.  
Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.  
Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. 
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come....  
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?  
It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.  
I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.” 
                                                                                         Matthew 24:36-42, 45-47.
When Christ returns what will He find you doing? Will he find you doing his work? Will He find you reaching the lost for Christ.
Jesus called his followers to,
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 
                                                                         Matthew 28:18-20.
Will you be obeying the word of the Apostle Paul who said,
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” 
                                                                     2 Timothy 2:15
Will you be following the example of Jesus who sat down with sinners and had dialogue with them. Matthew recording this incident,
“While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and ate with him and his disciples.  
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?” 
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.  
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” 
             Matthew 9:10-13.
Are you reaching out to the non-believer irrespective of who they are the life they are living or their lifestyle?
When Christ returns or when you are called to leave this earth and stand before Him what will he say to you?
Please think about it.