Meeting A Need by John Hagee

Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Meeting a need—Part Two
Mercy requires that we learn to love others, to value their welfare more than our own!
Mercy is Difficult

It’s difficult for us to show mercy because we are inherently lovers of self.  Selfishness short circuits prayer and tarnishes everything it touches.  A man wrapped in himself makes a mighty small package.  A man who is self-centered is off-centered.

Mercy Always Manifests Itself

A man can have money in his pocket and not show it.  He can have the musical skill of Beethoven and not reveal it.  He can have the knowledge of Einstein and not expose it.  But if a man has the loving mercy of the living God in his soul, he can’t help but manifest it.

He can’t hide it.  When he sees a brother in distress, he can no more turn his head and walk away than the sun can refuse to shine at noonday.  It’s impossible.

Giving to the Poor

Today’s scripture says, “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.”

Why?  “If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered” Proverbs 21:13.

Jesus said, “Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you” Matthew 5:42.  And later He said, “Give, and it will be given to you.  A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap” Luke 6:38.

Source:  Being Happy in an Unhappy World

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