Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you? (Matthew 25:34-39)
I love this passage in Matthew 25:31-46 in which the King is congratulating and rewarding his servants on the good work that they have done in feeding the poor and helping the sick. He says, “When I was sick you took care of me and when I was thirsty you gave me a drink.”
The servant is distressed because he cannot recollect ever doing anything for the King and tells him so, and so the King continues and enlightens his servant by saying, “What you have done for the least of these you did for me.”
The servant did not consciously realize that he was serving the King. His faith was internalized and lived out on a day-to-day basis among the people he encountered.
Often when I prophesy over people, the Lord shows me their spiritual gifts. I will see that they have a hospitality gift and like to feed people or they have an encouragement gift and like to speak into the lives of those that they come into contact with. Many of these people do not realize that this is important work for the Lord. They are looking for something much grander, but it is in the living of our daily lives and serving those that we come in contact with that which pleases God the most.
I usually tell them that if they continue to be hospitable or encouraging. then they will be fulfilling God’s will for their lives. Such relief enters into them when I say this because many of them don’t know that they are fulfilling God’s will and live in fear of not pleasing Him.
I read somewhere once that “God likes to hide the righteousness of His friends from them.”
Real humility doesn’t even care if it is seen or heard. Humility only cares that it connects with the one whom its soul loves. We must work out our salvations with fear and trembling and as we do it is God works inside of us to will and work for His for His good pleasure.
Much of what is accomplished in the life of a believer is a mystery to the believer. So much of the good we do is forgotten anyhow and that which we do remember is best forgotten. We need to keep our eyes on the goal of our faith which is to inherit eternal salvation in Christ Jesus.
As we advance toward our destiny, let’s focus on getting closer to Jesus, for in so doing we will become like Him. When His love permeates our hearts, we will live fulfilling God’s dreams. He will empower us to do more and more and when we finally do appear before the throne of God, we will be amazed at the things we did while not even knowing we did them.
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