Pass It On...

We can love Christ but we cannot really do much for him personally. I mean, he pretty much has everything he needs by now. We sure can't save him. We can't bind up his wounds, carry his burdens, or lessen his pain. We can't feed him when he's hungry or clothe him or take care of him when he is sick - for he is far beyond all of that now. So how, then, shall we appropriately express our love for him? He has told us how in Matthew 25: 34-40

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his aright hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have adone it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

God invites us to repay our debt to him by serving others in turn. Our neighbors in their need become symbolic of Christ. So go out and find him. Find him and minister to him. Find him in the faces of your family, friends, neighbors, students, colleagues and strangers on the street. Search him out. Dress his wounds. Feed him. Clothe him. Serve him. Teach him. Love him. For this is the Prime Directive, the "Royal Law" the more excellent way and in so doing we will not only find him we will be healed by him.