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Called to be Christian

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me,
ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me.
'Then the righteous will answer him and say,
'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,
or thirsty and give you drink?
When did we see you a stranger and welcome you,
or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?
'And the king will say to them in reply,
'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.

Matt 25:35-40

'Lord, teach me to be like You.'

I usually say this to conclude my quiet time before I retire for the night. Today, I was presented with the opportunity to be like Him. Due to the sensitivity of the issue and the parties involved, I won't reveal what happened.

Being Jesus to others suddenly became so clear to me. Someone once told me that we are His hands, His feet, His heart, His body. What would Jesus do in such a situation? I learnt that more often than not, 'popular opinion' isn't God's opinion.

Being Christ-like was never meant to be easy. It's precisely because we are called to abandon what's easy and personify His love through our actions that makes it difficult. It means seeming 'uncool' and naive in the eyes of others. It means choosing the more difficult but right way. It means relying on Him to see us through the obstacles that we would face.

It's curious how being Jesus to others takes seeing Him in the hungry, the ill and the naked. It's not just the physical needs but it means seeing Him in those that hunger for attention and love, are ill with hopelessness and who are stripped of their dignity.

Lord, give me the courage to be like You.

Rachel wrote in the pages of her life at 10:08 PM

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