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Matthew 25 verses 34-46

Living Water bottleI have been puzzled by what Jesus said in verse 40 of this passage of scripture. What does it mean when He says , "you do it to me?"

It seems to indicate that when you give food or drink to someone, you give it to the Lord as well. If I give something to someone in need, is the Lord standing there chalking it up as a good deed, or is He standing there receiving it also? Scripture says, "The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent." (The Amplified Bible).
He is close to those who are brokenhearted. The definition of brokenhearted is, "overcome by grief or despair, sad, cast down, dejected, depressed, despondent, downcast, downhearted, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, inconsolable, joyless, miserable, wretched" - and more. Even better He saves them.

Is He so close to His creation that He continues to walk among and with those who are poor and broken
and those who are wretched, miserable and joyless? And when we walk among those people and minister to them are we also ministering to the Lord in a way we don't even realize?

While we were in Bulgaria the weather was hot, and we were going through a lot of water. We had spent three days in the capital Sofia and had been buying easy to carry 500 ml bottles of water regularly. By the time we got back to Stambolovo, where the mission house is, we were back to large bottles, carrying them in the van wherever we went. One morning John and I and two other team members had to go to Pavlikeni, which is the closest main town to the village we are in. As we started out an old woman crossed our path in front of the van, bent over and struggling in the heat. We let her go past and continued on our way, when John suddenly realized he had to go to the post office in Stambolovo, so we turned around and he jumped out and went in to the building. As I was waiting in the van, the same old woman we had passed minutes earlier walked up the steps to the post office and sat on the concrete with her back up against the wall, to rest and find some shade from the heat. I could hear her struggling to get her breathe and compose herself from the strain.

As soon as she sat down I heard the words “give her some water”.

Now I have to tell you, I didn't immediately jump out of the van and run over and shove water at her. I actually went into a complete panic, not knowing the language, not feeling very confident of myself, and not quite knowing how to do it. Duh.

I had a large bottle of water which I knew she wouldn't be able to handle, so I found an empty 500ml bottle from Sophia and poured the water from the big bottle into the smaller bottle and thought I would wait for John to come out of the post office to ask this lady in Bulgarian if she would like some water. As he come out of the post office I met him and said “ask this lady if she would like some water”, which he promptly did. She indicated yes and I took the top off the bottle, bent over and gave it to her and held her hand and blessed her. She waved as we drove away and we of course waved back. Simple eh?

As we continued on our way all I could say was Lord thank you for not letting me miss giving this lady a drink of water and I burst into tears as I realized how I had been honoured with the privilege, how God had allowed me to minister to this woman in such a way.
Did I feel I had done something great for the kingdom? No. I felt great compassion and love for this woman. What about the feeling of honour for such a privilege? Was it because I handed her the water? Or was it  because I was also in the presence of the King. I don't know. All I know is that in some small way I'm changed.

A great ending to this experience is that I had another empty 500ml bottle from Sofia. As I looked at it I saw that it was from a town called Hisar which is a spa town, known for the health benefits the mineral water brings. The label said it was pure drinking water. The name, in bold letters, was "Living Water."

Blessings.

Jane

 

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