The Least of These

“Then those people will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or alone and away from home or without clothes or sick or in prison? When did we see these things and not help you?' Then the King will answer, 'I tell you the truth, anything you refused to do for even the least of my people here, you refused to do for me.'” – Matthew 25:44-45 (NCV)

When have you had need and not been helped? When have you not helped those in need? Where have you seen Jesus? What have you done to help? How will you change your life today to make sure you hear, “I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.”?

The following story is found at http://www.rogerknapp.com/inspire/hishouse.htm
It was a cold Sunday morning when members started arriving at church, snow flakes had just fallen, people were rushing in to get inside. To the warmth, to the dry sanctuary.
As the members were walking in they were astonished to see a homeless person laying on the sidewalk by the front door. He was bent over all covered up with an old black trench coat, that had many holes in it. His shoes had holes in it and you could see his socks filthy from months of grime on them. The man had a black hat on that covered his face. His hands filthy with dirt from probably digging in a garbage can some thought.
As the members made their way into the sanctuary, they were all discussing how this horrible filthy man, had the nerve to sleep at THEIR church doors! Finally the pianist started playing and the members all sat down in their seats. They were all looking around, wondering where the Pastor could be. You could hear people whispering, saying, "Pastor Joe is probably telling that homeless man he needs to leave the property." "What would visitors think if they seen him."
All of a sudden, you could hear a gasp! The homeless man was walking down the middle of the church aisle, he made his way to the front, and then to the platform!!! When the homeless man got to the microphone. He said "Good morning, how are you all?" The homeless man was their Pastor Joe! Not a word was said, no one moved all around. Even the pianist stopped playing.
Then Pastor Joe said, "Did any of you see Jesus outside this morning? He was cold, He was dirty, His clothes were filthy! However no one asked Him into HIS house."

The least of Jesus’ people are all around us and that means Jesus is all around us! Let’s go be the type of Christians Jesus wants us to be, Christians of action that make goodness happen!

With hope and joy,
Garrett