“For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me’” (Matthew 25:35-36).
It is in the living of our everyday life that our opportunities to live out the Christ life comes. If we stay within ourselves and ignore our neighbor, we cannot begin to understand the life for which we have been called by grace. Living outside of ourselves, we begin to understand the God who died for us. If it helps, it is not about me, but about us. See the other as you see yourself and love your neighbor.
Lord, when I do for others what I would desire for them to do for me, I find joy. When I see others who are selfish and self-serving, it is very irritating. I understand the difference, at least in part. Help me to live the life for which I was created. Help me understand what I can understand in order to move in the right direction of living the life You have given me by grace through faith.
Guide me, Lord Jesus, in the way of everlasting life. Help me to see that by Your salvation alone am I able to move in this right direction. Only by the power of Your Holy Spirit can I do what You give me to do. Show me the way I need to move, doing what You give me to do, that I may grow outward. Help me to be a help to others. Teach me what it means to care for others as You care for me. Amen.
