Having Compassion On The Hurting

Life can be very hard at times and highly uncomfortable as well.  We are living in difficult times and it would seem that troubles are on the increase.  We live in a fallen and sinful world.  The world is a dangerous place to live, but we must not cower in fear.  We must not allow anxiety and worry to take a foothold in our lives.  We all have things that cause us to fear and worry.  Those things will come to all of us especially in this increasingly darkening age in which we find ourselves living.

Our focus must not be on the things of this world because the things of this world are passing away just as this world is passing away.  Everything that we see with our eyes now will soon pass away.  The things we see are temporary and the things that are unseen are eternal.  God is eternal.  He has no beginning and He has no end.  God has always existed and He is the Creator of all things seen and unseen.  He made you and I as well.  The Lord loves us with a deep unconditional love.  We have hope in the Lord and in Him alone.  There is nothing in this world that can grant us lasting hope.  Politicians can't give us hope.  A President or a world leader can't give us hope.  The only hope we have is in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus came to the earth on a rescue mission from the Father to save us sinners by going to the Cross and shedding His blood for our sins and the sins of the whole world.  Everyone who repents of their sins and receives Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will be saved.  When we come to faith in Christ and trust in his grace we are sealed with the Holy Spirit and we belong to the Lord forever.  What an Awesome God we serve.

We look at the world today and we see tragedies taking place.  There are wars and murders and natural disasters all over the world.  God sees what is going on and He cares.  We believers also need to have compassion on those in need and in trouble.  We need to tell them of their greatest need which is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  It has been about 14 years since I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and I know that I need Jesus more and more every second of everyday.  I am thankful for all the people the Lord put in my path to lead me to Himself.

The Lord wants everyone to come to Him through Jesus Christ.  There is only one name under Heaven in which we must be saved by and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.  We believers and followers of Jesus have a mission and that mission is to tell others about Jesus.  Jesus came to seek and save the lost.  There are many people all around us that are lost and have no eternal hope.  Many people are dying every day and if they don't have a personal relationship with Christ then they will spend eternity in a literal hell outside the presence of a Holy God because nothing sinful can ever enter into His presence.  It is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ that we are saved and we are able to enter into God's presence through our faith in Christ and His finished that He accomplished on our behalf.

I think of all the things going on in our world these days and I can't help to think about those twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave in Thailand.  There is rain heading to that area and their oxygen is running out.  I pray that the Lord would bring them out alive and be reunited with their parents.  I know the Lord will watch over them and that He is there with them even in that dark murky cave that is full of water.  I pray for the parents and all the rescue workers there in that region.  I pray that the Gospel Message of Jesus Christ would be proclaimed there in that country and people would find everlasting hope in the Lord Jesus Christ.

We all need to be ready for we don't know what tomorrow may bring for us.  We each need to be ready for it has been appointed for us to die once and then face the judgment.   The Lord Jesus is coming back very soon to take those who are trusting in Him Home to Heaven to be with Him forever.  We must and we need to warn those around us that they need to be ready as well.

Let's have compassion on the hurting and the lost.  Let's find ways to bring the Gospel of Christ to them right where they are and love them enough to tell them the truth about what God's Word says.

Lord,
We praise Your Name.
Help us to show compassion more often to those hurting and  lost.
Help us to love one another as You love us so dearly.
Lead us and guide us by Your Holy Spirit.
I pray for the boys and their coach and the parents to be comforted by Your presence.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.