“OCCUPY”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 654

October 24, 2023///

Next week we will begin November and right on November’s heels will be December, and then we will be saying goodbye to 2023 and entering 2024.

With all that is going on in the Middle East, here in the United States of American and in the world, we may even wonder if we will make it to 2024.

We know Jesus is returning and the signs are everywhere that what we know as the rapture, or catching away of those who trust Jesus is very close!

We are told in Luke 19:13

And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

In this passage in the Bible a Nobleman, who represents the Creator God, gave provision to those who served Him, and told them to Occupy or be His representatives, using what they have until He came back.

God Created each of us with abilities and talents that He can use to make this world a better place and to show others that letting Jesus guide your life results in a better life and a better way.

When we look at the suffering going on in the Middle East, in Ukraine, in Hati, in countries all around the world and right here at home in the USA, we can get overwhelmed with the magnitude of it.

But if we understand that we are not called to solve every problem, but we are called to turn every problem in the world over the one who made it all, pray for good and right to abound and then use what we have, do what we can, and then God is Glorified in what we do.

We may have been given the ability to make money. We are to use that to help the needy and further the Kingdom of God on earth.

We may have the ability to Love others, to provide food for the hungry, clothes and housing for the destitute or support for those bound in destructive habits.

What abilities and talents have you been given. What are you doing with them.

In the story of the good Samaritan, he used what he had and did what he could.

I ask you today to think with me about the situation in our world. Are we doing what we can, and using what we have, to help others and make this world a better place?

I ask myself daily, am I occupying in the way I should or am I distracted and distressed because of all the evil and suffering around us!

I am reminded that our prayers have no limits, they can affect things happening worldwide.

I am reminded that we can change the world one person at a time. Our confidence in the Lord Jesus and the Joy He gives will draw others to know they do not have to live defeated or depressed or hurting.

Prayer changes us and we change things.

Occupy does not mean to sit down and not move, it means to be about all we can do to help others and improve the suffering in the world.

May we use what we have, especially PRAYER, to be found doing good all the time!

I know this was a little heavy, but this world is in a place of great distress and the Christians must not just give up and sit down. We must be about doing good and using the powerful gift of prayer.

Then may the Father God say to each of us:

Matthew 25:21

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.

OCCUPY!!

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Father, I come in the mighty name of Jesus Christ! Help each of us to use the abilities, talents, and opportunities to Glorify you and relieve the suffering in the World. Your word says, where evil abounds, grace does much more abound. May we walk daily and moment by moment in that grace. Amen!

Love, MeMaw