Do Something

There is a popular Christian song where the artist points out all the bad things happening in the World and ask “God, why don’t you do something?”  The song culminates by God “answering” the question: “I did, I created you.”  

Over the last several months I’ve felt convicted by the verses in Matthew 25: 35-40: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me.  I was sick and you visited me.  I was in prison and you came to me.  Then the righteous will answer him, saying ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirty and give you drink?  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?  And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’”  And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’”  

In the words of the Matthew West song “Do Something,” if not us then who, if not me and you, right now, it’s time for us to do something.  It is amazing that 700 miles off the Florida coast is a Country where at each turn I can fulfill the verses in Matthew 25 above.  But you do not have to go to a foreign country to fulfill the Lord’s work.  You can make an impact in your local community by volunteering at a food bank, donate to a domestic or international charity, or even pay for the meal of someone at a restaurant.  The Lord will lead you to those opportunities if you just open your heart to the fact that it is up to us to make a difference. 

Kevin

Kevin is pictured here with an Haitian attorney outside the Petite Goave prison, who is working to free those wrongfully imprisoned.