Where is Jesus? Is He the least of these?

Do we notice the "least of these?"

I have always thought that the least of these was our children or that the phrase only meant children. As I watched the movie "Thin Red Line" last week and saw the terror and fear on almost all of the faces, I remembered that we are called God's children. And there are so many lost children. Their faces are everywhere in our worlds if we just look at them.

Look at the faces. Can you see the fear? People do not know where they are going. Maybe even you will admit a little or a lot of fear. Maybe you are not really following Jesus and you are lost. Like Peter Pan's children, many, many are captured by Captain Hook. If we are following Jesus we are sent to rescue the lost. We cannot save them but we run and get them and take them to Jesus.

Acts 10:38 in the message says, "Then Jesus arrived from Nazareth, anointed by God with the Holy Spirit, ready for action. He went through the country helping people and healing everyone who was beaten down by the Devil. He was able to do all this because God was with him."
Who are they....really?

Matthew 25:40 Then the King will say, 'I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me - you did it to me.'

Matthew 25:45

"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.'

How would we react if Jesus walked in to our community?

Maybe He does in the faces all around us?

Do we see Him in the faces of our world? Can we connect with the least of these, love them, and show them Jesus' love today?

Acts 2:42-47 says, " They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers. Everyone around was in awe - all those wonders and signs done through the apostles! And all the believers lived in a wonderful harmony, holding everything in common. They sold whatever they owned and pooled their resources so that each person's need was met. They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration, exuberant and joyful, as they praised God. People in general liked what they saw. Every day their number grew as God added those who were saved.

Praying for our Church?
Are we caring for the least of these? Are we caring for those around us beaten down by the devil? Do we notice the loneliness and pain in our neighbor's faces? Do we see Jesus when we look into the faces? Do we, like Jesus, bring healing to others? We are in a mission field; a war zone fraught with lost and lonely children. I pray you have an impact today. I pray you have courage and that the kingdom family is growing around you because of your sacrifice?