Who Cares?

Someone once wrote that a preacher should study with the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other. I'm sure the idea behind that is to not lose touch with the world, but so many times when I read of the critical needs certain people are in, and the lack of a willingness of anyone to do something about it, I'm moved to ask, "Who cares?"

Today's paper carried a story of a woman who was offering one child for sale in order that she might feed the rest of her children. Such things ought not be. In ancient Israel, God wrote into His laws protection for the poor, the widowed and the fatherless. Pundits point out, when such laws are brought up, that there is no record of Israel actually keeping the laws of Jubilee.

In my readings of the Old Testament, I don't see them doing a very good job keeping a lot of the others either.

People are hurting all around us. Mothers and children are in need. Who cares? God does.

James 5:11 (Msg)
...God cares, cares right down to the last detail.

He cares about that child who'll go to bed hungry in a land of plenty.

He cares about the woman who'll cry herself to sleep.

He cares about the man who fears he'll lose his job of 20 years.

He cares about you... right down to the last detail.

God cares. And you and I can help Him. Find someone you can be God's instrument of compassion or care to. Answer the question with, "God cares, and so do I."

Grace!

David

This devotional is written by David Wilson, pastor of New Hope Baptist church in Valparaiso, FL. If you find you have received this via a forward and would like to receive it regularly, or find you no longer wish to receive it, drop me an email at dwilsonfl@earthlink.net and I'll make the change to the list. If you'd like to know more about New Hope, visit our website at www.newhopevalp.org . May God bless you.