Read: Deuteronomy 15:1-11
You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your
needy. -Dt.15:11
Many people have little sympathy for the poor in their community
because they assume they are lazy and irresponsible. Others say that
the problem is with a government welfare system that is inefficient and
often abused. But it is wrong to say that all poor people deserve their
plight.
The fact is that many would be willing to work hard if they could
find employment at decent wages. They are trapped in rat-infested
tenements or in decaying shanties because the jobs available to them do
not provide enough money for them to move.
I don’t pretend to know how to fix the welfare system, but I do know
that as followers of Christ we should do far more than we have been
doing. I am thankful, though, that more and more churches are reaching
into poverty-ridden areas with a gospel ministry that includes providing
food, clothing, shelter, training, and even employment.
As individual believers, we should do what we can to help those who
have this vision. But before we can do that effectively, we should ask
the Lord to help us change attitude from contempt to compassion (Prov.
19:17; 28:27). Only then will we gladly open our hearts and our hands
to those who need our help. -Herbert Vander Lugt
Give as ’twas given to you in your need,
Love as the Master
loved you;
Be to the helpless a helper indeed,
Unto your mission
be true. -Wilson
COMPASSION IS LOVE IN ACTION.
OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1998 by Radio Bible Class, Grand
Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.
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– Geo –
.Edwardsburg, MI
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