Fellow Labourers-
The opening paragraphs of this article paint a pathetic picture of some of our brothers and sisters all over the globe. Those of us who have been downtown Kingston recently would have seen this condition being played out on King Street daily. Some of these destitute folks are not only physically hungry but suffer from an emptiness being brought on by drugs and abandonment. How much do we care?
"The fields are white already to harvest" is a statement that should haunt us day and night. The opportunity to touch lives are all around us so we have no excuse. Let us be up and doing. Let us make this a part of our worship. Did not someone say that what we worship and how we worship are not incidentals in life; they are the essentials that determine the character of life itself? And it was Eugene Peterson who said "A people's lives are only as good as their worship". You see worship defines life.
Jesus said to the woman of Samaria you know not what you worship. When we fully understand our worship we will know that things, titles and positions are not what define us. What define us is what we do after we worship. Real worship is a force that drives us to sacrifice even beyond our wildest dreams. It compels us to leave the comfort of many things to reach out to those that Jesus speaks about. Real worship engages the head and the heart and never the one without the other.Oh come let us worship and bow down. It is the worship that causes us to bow down because in worship we see Christ high above all principalities. Lord let me lose myself and find it in thee.
Pax Vobiscum
Robert A. Stewart
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Junior wrote:
ReplyDeleteGood day all,
I hope I can be short but I have one question and in this one question could rest the overall response of many to this issue of helping the poor and needy. The question is, In this passage (Matthew 25) is Jesus saying that all the poor in the world is Himself or His' brother?
I personally feel guilty when I hear this passage preached in relation to the poor; however, Jesus said we would always have the poor with us and so I do not think we will ever be able to get rid of poverty. It is also in this vein I believe that the person (Jesus or His’ brother) that I need to see is the one that gets baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost and cannot help himself who needs a helping hand. In my opinion provision was made for the poor in Israel because they were Abraham's seed and not because they were human or God’s creation, per se. "When a sheep cannot see to help a sheep that is a goat mentality." I feel these types of messages when preached from the standpoint of helping the world is seeking to divert us from our role as the church to preach the gospel and force us to become legalistic. I do not want to get long winded since I am just asking a question to learn so let me stop.
Junior