“WHEN DID WE SEE?”

Matthew 25:41-46                                             (ESV)

“41 "Then HE will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

42 For I was hungry and you gave ME no food, I was thirsty and you gave ME no drink,

43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome ME, naked and you did not clothe ME, sick and in prison and you did not visit ME.'

44 Then they also will answer, saying, 'LORD, “WHEN DID WE SEE” YOU hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to YOU?'

45 Then HE will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to ME.'

46 And these will go away into ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, but the righteous into eternal life."

A huge portion of society, probably the vast majority, are TOO BUSY to RECOGNIZE JESUS, even when HE is right in our midst!  Regrettably, we Believers don’t exhibit the traits of “waiting patiently on GOD” as an example to a lost world how implicitly HE provides our needs!  In the passage of Scripture above, JESUS is speaking to HIS disciples, not to people who supposedly did not know who HE was.  Now HE is telling them about those who will say to HIM at the Judgement, “LORD, “WHEN DID WE SEE” YOU hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to YOU?'  Then HE will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to ME.'

While JESUS was speaking to HIS disciples in this text, HE used the descriptive word in verse 44 of “THEY” and “THEM” when HE was identifying who HE was speaking about.  We Believers should RECOGNIZE JESUS whenever HE calls our name or shows up in our midst.  Sometimes, however, we get caught up in the hustle bustle of “this world” and can’t HEAR JESUS softly speaking HIS directions to us.  We might even not have the desire to hear HIM “telling us what to do”!  

Our NATURAL BEINGS (1 Corinthians 2:14) CANNOT understand the things of the Spirit!  We Believers have the “mind of CHRIST” (1 Corinthians 2:15-16) so we should reflect HIS LORDSHIP over our lives.  When we stray into ANYTHING that is outside of HIS LORDSHIP and having the mind of CHRIST, we are walking our OWN PATH which usually leads to trouble!  RECOGNIZING that is where TRULY following CHRIST becomes manifest in our lives.  

Considering how my life is operated, do I do as the Spirit leads me?  Or do I act on feelings and emotions most of the time?  “WHEN DID WE SEE” YOU should never be a concern to a Believer, for we should reflect JESUS in EVERYTHING we do.  As hurriedly as “this world” attempts to keep me moving, I should always be making certain that “WHEN DID WE SEE” is never because I am trying to move at it’s pace!  When I am BEING STILL, only then can I SEE what GOD has for me to accomplish!!!