Taking Care of the Poor
The Bible says in Psalm 41:1, “Blessed is he that considers the poor: The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble”.
In Matthew 14:13-21, when the disciples of Jesus Christ wanted to send five thousand of His followers away because they couldn’t afford to feed them, the lord rejected the idea and instead multiplied five loaves of bread and two fishes to feed them all. Why? Because he had deep compassion for the hungry.
In Matthew 25:35, Jesus said, “for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me”.In Deuteronomy 15:7, the Bible says “if among you one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hands against your brother”.
In Isaiah 58:10, the Bible says “if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday”.In other words, when you develop a heart of compassion to take care of the poor, God says He will illuminate your darkness (problems, adversities, tribulations) with His divine light.
Taking Care of Orphans
In James 1:27, the Bible says that “religion that is pure and undefined before God is to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained from the world. In Exodus 22: 22-23, the Bible says, “You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them and they cry unto me, I will surly hear their cry”. In Psalm 68:5, “Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in His holy habitation”. The compassionate heart of God towards orphans is so amazing that He took an Orphan girl called Esther (Esther 2:5-7) and made her a Queen (Esther 2:17).
Taking Care of Widows
In Psalm 146:9, “the Lord watches over the sojourner, He upholds the widow and the fatherless. But the way of the wicked He brings to ruin”.
In Isaiah 1:17, “Learn to do good, seek justice, correct oppression, bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow cause”.
In Luke 7:12, the Bible says “as He approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion and He said to her “weep not”.
In Act 6:1-7, when the early church took the ministry of taking care of widows as priority, the Bible says “And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith”.
Whenever you engage in caring for what God cares about, such as feeding the poor, taking care of the orphans and widows, you will discover that an uncommon blessing of increase and multiplication will begin to overflow and overshadow your life.
Join us in fulfilling the deep desires of the lords heart by spreading His compassionate love to those in need and by demonstrating His character by feeding the poor, orphans and widows. Feed the Nations, One Family at a Time.
