"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 naturally as if it were His own hands doing the labor Himself. "A channel