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A Loan to the Lord


 


Read Matthew 25:34-46


 

 

He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and he will pay back what he
has given.  Proverbs 19:17

 

 

A father gave his little boy $.50 and told him he could use it anyway
wanted.  Later when Dad asked about it, the boy told him that he had lent it
to someone.

 

"Who did you lend it to?"  He asked.  The boy answered, "I gave it to a poor
man on the street because he looked hungry."

 

"Oh, that was foolish.  You'll never get it back," replied the father.  "But
Daddy, the Bible says that people who give to the poor lend to the Lord."

 

The father was so pleased with the son's reply that he gave the boy another
$.50.  "See," said the son.  "I told you I would get it back - only I didn't
think it would be so soon!"

 

Has the Lord ever asked you for a loan?  Have you ever recognized in the
needs of others a direct request from heaven for some of what you have?  The
Bible warns against the sin of passing by the needy with pious words while
keeping a tight grip on our wallets (James 2:14-17).  And Galatians 6: 10
says that we are to "do good to all."

 

We aren't promised that we'll get rewarded immediately.  But in Jesus'
teaching to his followers about his return, he says we will be rewarded for
giving of ourselves to others in his name (Matthew 25:34-46).-Henry Bosch

 

Give it you would do the master

If you met his searching look;

Give issue would of your substance

If his hand you're offering took! - Anonymous

 

 

Thought for today:  You may give without loving but you can't love without
giving.

 

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