His Place is Our Place

Who is more lost? Those that are without Christ or those that say are with Christ but live without purpose?

Who should I be praying for more? Those that do not know Christ or those that say they know Him but is far from His will?

Who should I be feeling more sad for? Those that do not know salvation or those that do know yet holds it back from those who needs it?

Who should I be crying more for? Those that are far from God or those who claims they know God yet is far from Him?

I heard a song go ‘…this is my cry, my one desire, is to be with You Lord, now and forever…’ and found myself singing to the tune, then I felt JC asking me, “do you really know where I am?” A quick ‘’yes” came out and then there was this long silence. Feeling somehow unsure and embarrassed, I whispered shyly, “perhaps not.” Then JC answered, “I am where the hurting people are, where nobody wants to go, where poverty is, where prisoners are. I am with the vulnerable, the rejects of society, the hopeless, the fatherless, the widows and the outcast. Where are you?”

“Then the King will say to those on His right Hand, ‘Come’, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’….And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me‘. Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ’Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels… Then He will answer them saying, ’Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me’.  Matthew 25:34-36, 40-41, 45 (NKJV)

“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world”.  James 1:27 (NKJV)