Working for Jesus.
"Ye have done it unto me." "Ye did it not to me."--Matt. xxv., xl., and
xlv.
Our Lord Jesus Christ has given us opportunities of showing whether we
love Him or not. He tells us that what we try to do for any one who is
poor, or hungry, or sick, or a lonely stranger, is just the same as doing
it to Him. And when the King says, "Come, ye blessed," He will remember
these little things, and will say, "Ye have done it unto me." But He tells
us that if we do nothing for them, it is just the same as if He were
standing there and we would do nothing for Him. And He will say, "Ye did
it not to me."
One of these two words will be spoken to you in the great day when you
see the King on the throne of His glory. Which shall it be? What are you
doing for Jesus? Are you doing anything at all for Him? Perhaps you say,
"I have no opportunity." Did you ever try to find one? Did you ever ask
Him to give you opportunities of doing something for Him? Or is it only
that you have never yet cared or tried to do anything for Him? Be honest
about it. He knows. And He will forgive.
But now, what is to be done? Begin by asking Him to show you. And then
keep a bright, sharp look-out, and see if you can not find an opportunity
very soon (and perhaps many) of doing something kind for His sake to some
poor or sick or lonely one. Set to work to _think_ what you could do!
It seems to me so very kind of the Lord Jesus to have told us this. For
He knew that those who really love Him would _want_ to do something for
Him, and what could we do for the King of glory in His glorious heaven? So
it was wonderfully thoughtful of Him to give us His poor people to care
for, and to say, if we have only been kind to a sick old woman or hungry
little child, "Ye have done it unto me!"
"I love my precious Saviour
Because He died for me;
And if I did not serve Him,
How sinful I should be!
God help me to be useful
In all I do or say!
I mean to work for Jesus,
The Bible says I may!"