The Least of the These Matthew 25

My wife was checking out some blog sites this week and reminded me of this scripture in Matthew 25.  Really powerful stuff when you think about it.  How often do we turn our back on Jesus?  Are you a sheep or a goat?  Reminded me of a great song by Decemberadio – Least of These and this great video on YouTube.

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. ³² All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. 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 something to eat;

I was thirsty

and you gave Me something to drink;

I was a stranger and you took Me in;

³⁶ I was naked and you clothed Me;

I was sick and you took care of Me;

I was in prison and you visited Me.  ’

³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or without clothes and clothe You? ³⁹ When did we see You sick, or in prison, and visit You?’

⁴⁰ “And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me. ’ ⁴¹ Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

⁴² For I was hungry

and you gave Me nothing to eat;

I was thirsty

and you gave Me nothing to drink;

⁴³ I was a stranger

and you didn’t take Me in;

I was naked

and you didn’t clothe Me,

sick and in prison

and you didn’t take care of Me.’

⁴⁴ “Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’

⁴⁵ “Then He will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me either.  ’

⁴⁶ “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

I know I feel like I am called to do so much more, but yet I continue on complacently with my life.  Reading scripture like this makes me wonder why?  Why am I just setting here doing nothing?  Nothing to share God’s love, nothing to help those in need?  Maybe I am doing more than I realize, but I shouldn’t be content.  I am making it a point in my life to do more.

My wife and I recently purchased Mother’s Day gifts (Uganda Necklaces) from 147 Million Orphans.  I know this isn’t much, but its a start.  We have a great team leaving our church in just a few days headed to the Philippines, and I am praying for their trip.  I hope they are able to show God’s love to someone that has never seen it.  I hope that one day our church is able to send multiple groups of people out to world to show God’s love, and I hope that one of them is me.  I encourage everyone to find something, someone, anyone they can reach out to and show God’s love.  I am so thankful that I have a wife with a heart that is full of love for everyone but herself.  I hope that I can be that unselfish myself.