The picture is painted and the image is on the wall for us all to see. However for many of us it is the one painting we avoid. We turn our eyes the other way when we walk past so we don't have to look at it. For to look at it, we are confronted with a reality that is uncomfortable and reminds us often....of us.
It is the picture Jesus painted of the traveler who fell among thieves who was robbed and left wounded by the road. Some religious people were hurrying along, rushing off to revival meetings and other busy schedules. They were praising the Lord and being very Christian as they passed by the wounded man, crossing to the other side of the road to avoid this obvious "distraction". Then along came the Samaritan. He was rejected and despised by the others who had hurried by the wounded man. But he stopped, interrupting his busy schedule and looked on the broken man with compassion. He took him on his own transport to an inn and cared for the man till he was able to rise and go on.
Yes, this picture Jesus sketched for us is so much about us isn't it? When last have you helped a wounded person up? In your Christianese and power and glory and profession of love of God and victory and overcoming.....have you even stopped your busy life just for a moment and put yourself out to help even one of Jesus wounded people? Help by touching, giving, embracing and caring in a PRACTICAL way.
You see, it's too easy to shout louder, work harder and press deeper and ignore the real works of Jesus. Yes, He has called us to stop, get off our schedule, and tend to the wounded man, pick him up and love on him till he is able to walk. The love of God is demonstrated in what we DO rather than in what we believe.
It is the picture Jesus painted of the traveler who fell among thieves who was robbed and left wounded by the road. Some religious people were hurrying along, rushing off to revival meetings and other busy schedules. They were praising the Lord and being very Christian as they passed by the wounded man, crossing to the other side of the road to avoid this obvious "distraction". Then along came the Samaritan. He was rejected and despised by the others who had hurried by the wounded man. But he stopped, interrupting his busy schedule and looked on the broken man with compassion. He took him on his own transport to an inn and cared for the man till he was able to rise and go on.
Yes, this picture Jesus sketched for us is so much about us isn't it? When last have you helped a wounded person up? In your Christianese and power and glory and profession of love of God and victory and overcoming.....have you even stopped your busy life just for a moment and put yourself out to help even one of Jesus wounded people? Help by touching, giving, embracing and caring in a PRACTICAL way.
You see, it's too easy to shout louder, work harder and press deeper and ignore the real works of Jesus. Yes, He has called us to stop, get off our schedule, and tend to the wounded man, pick him up and love on him till he is able to walk. The love of God is demonstrated in what we DO rather than in what we believe.
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