I speak a lot about helping others. I want to expound on that topic a little bit. Because helping others is a broad term and sometimes we don't think about the specifics of what that means. Jesus helped others. He met many in their need by going to them. He met many in their need because they were in His path. But, He also met some in their need because they came to Him.
Several of the miracles we read about in the Bible, the people did not ask Jesus to heal them or perform a miracle. The lame man, Jesus asked Him: would you be healed today? Yes, that man was lame, was laying on his bed unable to move. Jesus stopped to talk to him, but he never asked Jesus if He could heal him. Or to heal him. But Jesus could see His need, and asked Him if he wanted to be healed.
The woman with the issue. She didn't go up to Jesus and ask Him to heal her. She just knew if she got close to Him, if she just touched the very edge of His garment, that the Healing Power would flow out of Him and she would be healed. Many times, someone with an issue will come up to us and they don't ask for our help. They might explain a little of their situation, but they don't ask us to help them. Yet, as Believers and followers of Christ, we are obligated to help them, if we can. Yes, I said obligated. That's our calling as Believers. If we have the means to help someone and they are in need of that help, we are obligated to help them.
A believer who is a mechanic may be in the lobby before or after service and someone he doesn't know says hello, and they get into a conversation. If that person should mention, without knowing the Believer is a mechanic, that they are having some type of car trouble, that Believer should say, let me take a look at it. If it can be fixed, I'll fix. And not request payment for the labor. Maybe even not request payment for the parts, depending on the situation and the move of Holy Spirit.
If a Believer is talking to someone and that Believer has a bank account with lots of extra money in it, and that someone is having a rough patch and can't pay their rent, that Believer should pay their rent. No questions asked, no demands made. Just do it.
If a brother or sister comes to us and asks to borrow some money, and we have it extra, we should give it and not expect repayment. Luke 6:34-35. Helping others is our call to duty. It's what shows the world that we are the children of God. Because we care for one another. We take care of one another. In all things. At all times.
Sad to say, but if Jesus were walking the earth today, I don't think He would find a place to lay His head like He did in the first century. Believers don't stop to think that Jesus was homeless. The apostles were homeless. Jesus said what we do to the least is doing it unto Him. Who are the least? We try to pretend He was talking strictly about the children, the babies, but He meant anyone who is worse off than we are. Anyone who is in need of help and assistance. The beggars. The homeless. The orphans. The sick. The widows. Those in jail. The hungry. The thirsty. They are the least among us. Are we helping them? Or are we walking past them pretending we can't see them?
A Believer should not have to ask for help. They should never have to verbalize their need. Because we, as Believers, should be able to see their need, but also hear Holy Spirit when He tells us of their need. And we should help them. Without question, without fanfare, without seeking praise. We shouldn't even seek recognition from the ones we help, if it's possible to do it anonymously. Don't let the right hand know what the left hand is doing.
We need to do better. We need to be better.
