Reach Out
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Truly
I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for me.
Matthew
25:40, NIV.
TODAY’S WORD
The
way to tell how mature you are is by the way you treat people who can’t do
anything for you. We can all be kind to the boss. He may give us a promotion.
We can all be friendly to the popular person at school. If they like us,
everybody will be our friend. That’s easy. But if we’re going to live the way
God intends, we’ve got to learn to be good to everyone. Jesus said, “When you
do good to the least of these, you’re doing it unto Me.” When you go out of
your way to befriend the person that everyone shuns, Jesus said, “It’s like
you’re doing it unto Me.”
Instead
of rushing by the parking lot attendant you see at work each day, why don’t you
take time to see how they’re doing? That person at the office that others
ignore, why don’t you reach out to them and share the love of Jesus? We build
the kingdom of God one life at a time. Show love, show His goodness, tell
people about salvation through Christ. As you reach out and help others, just
like a boomerang, that help will come right back to you, and you’ll move
forward into the blessing and destiny He has prepared for you.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father,
I desire to always honor You. Help me to see the needs of the people around me.
Help me to treat them the way You would treat them. Show me how to help others
rise higher and sow good seeds into them in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
PS…
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4 hours ago
“After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.’” (Matthew 2:19-20 NIV)
As uncomfortable as it was for Joseph to move his family to Egypt, imagine how scary it would be for him to obey God’s command to come back to Israel. It was like going back into the jaws of the lion. He was going to take Mary and Jesus back to where his son’s life had been in danger. But because Joseph trusted God and what he was saying, Joseph took the risk and went there because he knew that was the right place to be.
The Bible says, “Even when I am afraid, I keep on trusting you” (Psalm 56:3 CEV). Notice this verse says, “when I am afraid” not “if I am afraid.” We may want a life of no fears in this world, but that only happens in Heaven. In this life, we’re all going to face fears of one kind or another.
We have some big fears and some little fears. We fear the future, what’s going to happen with our jobs, our family, and we fear little things like whether we said the right thing to someone, whether that presentation went well, even fear of making a phone call.
In all of these situations, you have a choice to make. Are you going to let the fear control you, or are you going to take a risk of faith because you know you have a God who loves you?
That risk of faith could mean going someplace you’ve never been before or forgiving someone you thought you couldn’t forgive. It could mean leaving your job. A risk of faith could also be praying about something or deciding to trust God with a situation or a relationship you’ve held tight in your hand.
Talk About It
- What Christ-like risk is God telling you to take in faith?
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