Have you seen Jesus?

Have you ever wondered how many times you have ran into Jesus and didn’t even know?  This has been very heavy on my mind for about a week now.  The thought popped up when I was driving and I saw a man on the side of the road pushing his basket.  I don’t know why he was so heavy on my mind but I felt guilty that I didn’t stop and give him some food or something.  Then I wondered if maybe that was Jesus and didn’t even know.  May sound funny at first but it’s so true.  How many times have you ever ran into a situation like that, seen someone crying or upset, sick, or even having trouble?  Did you take the time to help that person that you didn’t even know?  That could have been Jesus.  As I was praying the other night I then thought about the day I would meet him.  I thought about how if maybe he would ask me if I took care of his people.  Did I cloth the naked and feed the hungry?  I can just hear him say, “Did you know that was me?”  Would my heart drop because I didn’t or would it beat with excitement because I took care of him? 

Matthew 25 35‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ 37“Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38‘And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39‘When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40“The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ 41“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; 43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ 44“Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a   stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’ 45“Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46“These will go away into eternal   punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” The last time in this verse is very important.  “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life”  If I do nothing for the thirsty, the poor, the naked, the sick, and the lonely I will not have Eternal life with my Lord.  Just writing this made my hurt heart.  So for me, I think that I need to do a better job for those that are less fortunate.  I may not have all the money in the world but I do have an amazing heart and extra hands to help the needy. I leave with this note.  You may not think you can do everything to help out others as much as you wish you could, but if you are unable for some reason say a prayer that God may open up someone’s ears to that they can hear your helping prayer.