CARING - Dag Heward-Mills

READ: Matthew 25:31-40

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat...a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Matthew 25:35-36

To care for people who are in physical difficulty often goes along with the ability to remember. Sadly, most do not remember where they came from.

One day, I met a millionaire who had established a large prisons ministry. He had been thrown into prison for several years and then had been released miraculously. After his release, this man could not forget his experience in the prison.

The Lord used him to establish a nationwide prison ministry, which touched the lives of thousands of prisoners.

God expects you not to forget what you have seen, heard and experienced. People who do not remember rarely show compassion for anything they have been through. Why do you black out from your mind the memories of physical hunger, thirst and nakedness? Jesus will judge us for not remembering these people.

Develop a caring heart. A caring heart is a heart that feels and exhibits concern and empathy for others. “But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you” (2 Corinthians 8:16). You must also develop a tender heart. A tender heart is a heart that displays warmth and affection towards others, especially the weaker, poorer and deficient ones.