Gospel Reflections #591: The Heart of Service

Matthew25:36 "For you clothed me when I was naked, you visited me when I was sick, you visited me when I was in prison."

The way we represent God is not by giving lectures or preaching, but by responding to the needs of others.

There is no mention of God, the Bible, the Holy Spirit, or faith; it is enough to simply respond with sincerity to the needs of others.

When we serve, we often make our own judgments about whether or not the other person is worthy of our service and determine our actions accordingly.

But Jesus senses our needs and works to meet them whether we accept them or not, even if we reject them or not, even if we have bad feelings about them.

We, too, are following the call of God's love by genuinely responding to the needs of others, and God's power is poured out in this, and those whose needs are met in God's timing will have an opportunity to know God.

And He will speak this way in heaven.

"When despair bound my soul in unbelief, the Lord sent you, and you spoke words of hope and comfort. You brought me food to meet my physical needs and opened the Word of God to me, awakening me to my spiritual needs. You have treated me as a brother."

Because Jesus treated us this way, we too can share joy, peace, and hope.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.