Thoughts for another day







September 22, 2010






Today's verse: Mt. 25:40. And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. (KJV)


(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)






In the last 30 days, can you count how many times you have done something for the poor, the disadvantaged, the undesirable, the underprivileged, the sick and those who are oppressed? Well how many times… For most of us the answer will be maybe once, twice or thrice, etc. not more than ten anyway; of course if the only thing you do is care for these kind of people, then this question is not for you as you have already secured yourself a place in the heart of the King and don't have to worry. For us lesser mortals, this question is bound to create a little ruffle (size of the ruffle depends on how desperately you are seeking an entry into heaven.






Now what do we do about it as we know well the will of God in the matter of helping the poor and the disadvantaged. And the key question is why don't we do it? It's simply because we are so seized with ourselves that we do not see the route to the plight of others. We do not bend our hearts to the difficulties others face and the lives they lead of penury and sickness and a whole lot of woes. What we do see is that there are a lot of woes of our own and this even when our lives are on even keel and things are going smoothly.






What angers and embarrasses me, as regarding self as well as others is that we never get hold on the pain others go through nor the difficulties they have. We never seek to understand them and sort out issues with them. Our obsession with self is so much that we don't look beyond our boundaries and distance ourselves from others who we feel are looking for our support. Yes, my friend the sad thing is that we lack sympathy for others and do as we wish thinking that there're others to help others so we can escape. Yet there is going to be judgment time and at that time, the King is going to be critically looking at this picture in our lives. What answer will we have at that time?