I recently ran across the following comments from a pastor in the U.S. : "If all the churches across the world united and took all the resources God had given them...withing a week starvation could be eliminated, every person could have access to drinking water, poverty would be eliminated, and the world could not only know the name of Jesus, but they could see Him if we became one. By Sunday, the world would worship like never before as they have come to know the glory, power and love of Jesus through His followers."
I'm thinking of what Jesus said, "For you always have the poor with you." I'm also thinking of the crowds reaction to Jesus after he fed them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves."
Thoughts?
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During one of the recent natural disasters (which one escapes me) shipments of food were waiting at the borders of the suffering country but couldn't be delivered because the military government was refusing help. Later it was discovered that, once released, the food was delayed while labels were painted on the boxes to say that the food came from individual generals in the government rather than from humanitarian agencies outside the country.
As long as sin dwells in the human heart, there will be suffering. Yet, we are called to relieve suffering in Christ's name.
Psalm 82 instructs us to – “Give justice to the weak and fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
As far as being a witness to the world, "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
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