Meeting Others Needs
This crippled man called out to them - "When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money." Peter and John did not rush past this man to get to their prayer meeting. The Holy Spirit met the man's need through them.
Sometimes we can rush right by the hurting world. We get so caught us in our own lives without taking a moment to see those in need. Something happened in my life recently which brought this to my attention in a very applicable way.
I was heading to work listening to my local KLOVE station. My daughter was with me. We were singing along to the tunes when the song Give Me Your Eyes by Matthew West came on. I was pointing out to my daughter about the hurting world and how much they need Jesus. I told her that all the people driving by were going somewhere. I said many of them may be hurting and we need to reach out to people.
Well, in the meantime of telling this to my daughter, I was running late for work. I came to a stop sign and there was a woman stuck by the fire hydrant. What did I do? I kept on going. After all, I was late for work. My daughter then says, "That woman had a boot on her leg". Well, Holy Spirit conviction began to happen. I said to my daughter, "The hypocrisy of me. Here I am singing for the Lord to give me His eyes and I am too busy rushing by someone who needs help because I'm late for work." I repented and asked the Lord to forgive me. Next time, when someone is in need, hopefully I will not just have eyes to see, but I will also do something about it.
Matthew West - Give Me Your Eyes
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