"But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."
Matthew 9:36-38 (NKJV)
Jesus is our example in every area of life. It is good that we have a record of the life of Jesus and the things that He did so we can learn about how He lived and follow His example. We can know what worked in the life of Jesus and in turn what will work for us. Wherever Jesus went it seemed that people followed Him. People came to hear Jesus teach, to get healed, and sometimes people probably just came to see Jesus because they were curious. What is interesting for us to see is how Jesus acted with these people and how He reacted to them.
In Matthew 9 we see Jesus teaching, preaching, and healing. After this Jesus saw a multitude of people around Him, there were a lot of people and Jesus noticed that these people needed some help. How did Jesus react to this multitude and their situation? Jesus did not just feel sorry for the people because they had problems, He looked for a way to meet the need. Jesus had a reaction of compassion; He told His disciples that more workers were needed to help these people and to pray for more laborers. How would we have reacted to this and how do we react to people and their needs today?
Jesus did not say, Oh I wish these people would leave me alone. I've been busy with all my work and now there's this whole crowd that needs help! No, Jesus reacted with love and compassion realizing the need and seeking a way to meet the need. We can have a similar reaction because we have God's love in us (Romans 5:5), we can be moved with compassion just like Jesus was. Jesus did not just focus on what He wanted and what was best for Him, we too need to look past our own needs to the needs of others. Start looking past the crowd and the problems and start looking at people with compassion and see how you can help to meet their need. We have the love of God in us, we just need to let it motivate us to help others.
Matthew 9:36-38 (NKJV)
Jesus is our example in every area of life. It is good that we have a record of the life of Jesus and the things that He did so we can learn about how He lived and follow His example. We can know what worked in the life of Jesus and in turn what will work for us. Wherever Jesus went it seemed that people followed Him. People came to hear Jesus teach, to get healed, and sometimes people probably just came to see Jesus because they were curious. What is interesting for us to see is how Jesus acted with these people and how He reacted to them.
In Matthew 9 we see Jesus teaching, preaching, and healing. After this Jesus saw a multitude of people around Him, there were a lot of people and Jesus noticed that these people needed some help. How did Jesus react to this multitude and their situation? Jesus did not just feel sorry for the people because they had problems, He looked for a way to meet the need. Jesus had a reaction of compassion; He told His disciples that more workers were needed to help these people and to pray for more laborers. How would we have reacted to this and how do we react to people and their needs today?
Jesus did not say, Oh I wish these people would leave me alone. I've been busy with all my work and now there's this whole crowd that needs help! No, Jesus reacted with love and compassion realizing the need and seeking a way to meet the need. We can have a similar reaction because we have God's love in us (Romans 5:5), we can be moved with compassion just like Jesus was. Jesus did not just focus on what He wanted and what was best for Him, we too need to look past our own needs to the needs of others. Start looking past the crowd and the problems and start looking at people with compassion and see how you can help to meet their need. We have the love of God in us, we just need to let it motivate us to help others.
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