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"When did I see you hungry, a stranger or in need, Lord?"

     Once again, I see I have to get my self out of the way to see the Biblical truth from the passage in Matthew 25:37-40.  I reason on my own that the depth of this scripture intends for me to help the poor, the needy, the imprisoned, the lonely.  However, as I take a deeper look today with Oswald, I come to the harsh conclusion that I am to examine my motives for helping those in need.  Am I motivated because I can't stand to see someone in those conditions, ... because it makes me feel guilty, ... because I have more, ... because I want to make a name for myself?  After prayerful consideration, I realize that it's a matter of my heart.  I have to, as Oswald says so often, "Rouse myself up," to see those in need through the eyes of Christ.  And when I align my eyes and my heart with His, His perspective will transport me from my own reasoning and inspire me to do that which He commanded nat...