If we reconsidered and understood the great wealth that we obtain in heaven every time we help someone, we would act differently, because it is more important to act always and only for ourselves, leaving aside the needs of others. When in reality we have a perfect example of Jesus who lived and served others.
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¨ I will put the good ones on my right, and the bad ones on my left. Then I, the King, will say to the good ones: My Father has blessed you! Come, partake of the Kingdom that my Father prepared before the creation of the world! ¨ Matthew 25: 33-34 (Current Language Translation).
We have inheritance and exist before everything that is around us existed, God has done nothing improvised, this promise is very clear, ONLY for the good: for those who when he was hungry, they gave him food; when he was thirsty, they gave him a drink, when he had no refuge, they offered him lodging; when he did not have clothes, they offered to dress him; and when he was sick and in prison they went to visit him (Vs 35-36).
Because being good is not called "Christian", having the best appearance and leaving the super words; that goes in our attitude, it goes in the relationship we have with God and with others, because if you do not have good communion with God we will hardly have it with our neighbor.
"And the good ones will ask me: Sir, when did we see you hungry and feed you? When were you thirsty and we gave you a drink? Did you ever have to leave your country and we received you in our house, or we saw you without clothes and we gave you what to wear? We do not remember that you have been sick, or in prison, and that we have visited you. "Matthew: 25 37-39 (Translation in Current Language).
Obviously Jesus is not going to appear as fallen from heaven and will ask us for help, it is not necessary for that we have our neighbor, since God in his word gives us a very important commandment, and is to love our neighbor like us same, then who does not do it and does not have love simply does not know God, because God is love.
Every time someone presents us with a difficulty, be it a friend, neighbor, study partner, work partner, a relative; We have to give him our hand, because we are doing it for the Lord. Let's think that at some point in our life, we can go through that same situation and not only have to be physical and material need.
It also symbolizes spiritual help, speaking to and supporting the one who is hungry for the word, the one who has that thirst and the need to seek God, we have to help guide him and teach him what we know thanks to God, serve as a cloth of tears to which he he feels sad, troubled, sick and spiritually tied, not fleeing or belittling those people who are newly converted and being aware of them.
"I, the King, will tell you: What you did to help one of the least important people in this world, whom I consider as brothers, is as if they had done it for me." Matthew 25:40 Current Language).
Avoid being indolent, evasive, think that at some point in our life we went through some of those circumstances, so God placed people who were helpful. And if not, the world goes around so much and we are not exempt from going through any of them, only God knows and saves us.
Thanks for sharing.@susanalara the Bible says that it is better to give than to receive. Giving is a blessing when we make it aware of what this is capable of generating in another.