“God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” ~ Hebrews 6:10
How can I show love to an invisible God? This is not a mystery. God left us with very specific instructions on how to love and work for His sake. The extent of our concern and help to the "poor and less fortunate" is an expression of our love for God. This is very scary to me because we are a generation of people who like to take care of ourselves. The average person would act only for himself and his immediate family. We play God to fix our own problems and to meet our own needs. We depend so much on ourselves. We push and push until we are exhausted trying to find our own hope, purpose and fulfillment. On the contrary, according to Hebrews 6:10, when the time comes when God rewards or judges us He will refer on the records of the love we showed Him through helping His people. We ought to act like God in meeting other's needs - unconditionally generous. This is a God-prescribed formula - allowing Him to take care of you while you take care of someone else. This is amazing! "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
Does my life show that I love God? What am I doing to show it? Oh my God, help me to love 'them' as I would love you. Help me to depend on you for myself so that I can see and act beyond my own concerns.
Hi Helen,
ReplyDeleteI saw your comment on someone else's post, so I came to see who you were. I like this post. It lifts me up, because I am a special education paraeducator at a high school. We have some new students this year who are quite challenging to work with. This reminds me that I do my job out of love for God. That's right, loving others is showing love to God.
I have a garden and a Christian blog that I have trouble keeping up with posting on. I am also behind in my blog reading.