“You did it to me”
I have been reminded this week of the power of simply giving care and meeting a need of someone. It is powerful when we show with our actions as well as our words that we care about others.
The story was told about St. Teresa of Calcutta. She was once asked by a gentleman about the source of her spirituality and mission. At the end of their conversation, she asked him to spread his hand out on the table. Touching his fingers one by one as she spoke the words, she said, “You did it to me.”
That is how Jesus said it in Matthew 25:35-36, “For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked and you clothed Me; sick and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me” (NASB).
On that day of judgement, the followers of Christ will say, “Lord when did we see You...”
His response will be, “Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me” (Matthew 25:40, NASB).
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