Watching Out For One Another

https://odb.org/MY/2022/07/10/watching-out-for-one-another

We can never avoid doing good or helping another or looking out for someone’s needs if we are in the Kingdom of God. This is because the Kingdom of God is a community of believers who live as a community with a common goal although in present times we live separately. We are supposed to administer justice by showing mercy and compassion to one another, and not to oppress the widow, the fatherless or the poor or the foreigner. In other words, we must show mercy and compassion to the weak and downtrodden, the oppressed amongst us.

It is the nature of God to help the weak and the oppressed, the fatherless, the poor and the foreigner. Thus as children of God we must follow after our Heavenly Father and do the same. It’s not optional or a matter of choice or preference. It is a must. It is part of the process of us not conforming to the pattern of this world and being transformed as we renew our minds. As we tune ourselves to God’s wavelength, we will understand and want to follow God’s heart.

Yet it is not a question of those with giving to those without. Not only the strong and able versus the weak and downtrodden. True compassion and mercy are applicable to everyone including those who are fatherless, widows, poor and the foreigner. We will receive as we give of ourselves to others. I think we need not go to the extent to live out of our car to save the rent so we may give away our rent money to other more needy people. But the point is at whatever level we are whether in abundance or lack, we can still give and bless others. Whether we have much, little or more – we can all give and look out for others. Most are living on a shoestring budget but if we are able to stretch our dollar to bless another, do you think our Heavenly Father will not make sure that our needs are met too? It’s a paradox but actually the key to receive is to bless and let go. Not arithmetically like give 100 and receive 1,000 or 10,000 but if we give, we will receive. That’s just how the economy of the Kingdom works. As the natural economy is stimulated with spending, the Kingdom economy is stimulated by the giving of ourselves. This is because the more we give and the more many amongst us give, the windows of heavens will open up and more and more of God’s blessings will flow down and we will see a Kingdom that is overflowing with the love, mercy, compassion, goodness and power of the Almighty!

Let’s all learn this spiritual lesson well. Give and you shall receive. It applies to everyone, whether poor or rich, whether those with fathers or the fatherless, whether those with spouse or widows, whether you are a native or a foreigner. Practice this in our lives and see for ourselves the floodgates of heaven’s blessings opening up and flowing down into our lives!