Carey Lewis Devotions
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Poor People (Part 17)
Our Ignorance

Luke 12:42-28 (NIV)*
Imagine throwing a drowning man an inflatable life preserver. He's got to pull the string and fill it with air in order to save his life. He doesn't understand when some people in the boat yell, 'Pull on the string!' Similarly, the Words of Christ are foolishness to those with stopped-up ears.

If Jesus said to love poor people and outsiders don't, should we judge them? Until their ears are opened to God's call, outsiders don't know Who we know.

'The righteous considers the cause of the poor, but the wicked does not understand such knowledge' (Proverbs 29:7). But what if insiders ignore the poor? What if we don't dive in to the rescue?

Consider The Parable of the Faithful and Evil Servant. In it, we're judged by how we treat people God places beneath us. Do we distribute His abundance in a tired and hungry world? Or do we pretend not to see them and beat our fellow servants?

We might say, 'I've never beat anyone.' But what do we call earth's games of profit? The ones where we compete for top dollars. In careers based on buying and selling, deceiving poor consumers is common. Of course, we don't use words like deception. It's advertising, so buyers beware.

Poor people may be ignorant of cons, but that's not a crime in the Book of God. Ignoring our job to care for them is.

To Be Continued...

* The Parable of the Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant: (NIV); (NKJV)


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