A Drink

If I could have been there…on the road leading up the hill…when Jesus stumbled past… I would have wanted to comfort His heart…ease His pain…give Him cool water to drink. I live far from Golgotha though, and even further from that time in history, but I still long to serve Him in this way. I’m sure many of you have felt this way too. God knows that. He knows how He has made us. And He gives that opportunity to us…today.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 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, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'” Matthew 25:31-40

Remember this as you serve those around you, be it changing another diaper, preparing dinner for your family, doing the dishes afterwards, welcoming a new neighbour to the neighbourhood, etc. It is Christ you are serving. Talk about significant! (Who says it’s not?) We have this opportunity and privilege! And one day He will also welcome you and say, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father.”

Blessed Easter to you. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!