“Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me.” … “Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you ? … “And the King will say, ”When you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ Matt 25:34-40
Lord Jesus, how profound, beautiful, and convicting. This image of the last Day doesn’t look like a Super Bowl championship parade, a Daytona 500 victory lap, or a giant political rally with streamers and confetti for the winning party.
As you describe the scene, inheritors of your Kingdom will be astonished, humbled, and grateful. Shocked that sacrificial love for neighbors, strangers, and foreigners was prized by you—even personally experienced by you. We know we’re saved by grace alone through faith alone; but faith and grace are never alone. They always find ways to love you by loving others.
“Loving mercy, working for justice, walking humbly with you” (Mic.6:8) will always mark those loved by you—those most alive to truth of the Gospel and the riches of grace. They earn us nothing, Jesus, but are treasured by you immensely.
Hands lifted to you in corporate worship are a good thing. Hands extended to you in the faces of widows and orphans, the vulnerable and helpless are a Gospel-thing. Jesus, may the “least of these” get the best of us, for the glory of your name. So Very Amen.
