Want to look into the eyes of Jesus today? Just visit your local food pantry, soup kitchen, or homeless shelter.
No kidding, you can look into the Savior’s eyes there –in a sense at least.
In Matthew 25:40, Jesus describes the judgment in terms of separating sheep from goats. This is where he tells the religious folks that even though they looked impressive on earth, He never knew them and they had never served Him –they cannot enter Heaven.
Then He tells the others that He knows them and they have served Him. This group is surprised because they don’t remember seeing Jesus face to face and serving Him. So Jesus clarifies by saying, ”whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Did you catch it? When you serve the least of these, you serve Jesus. When you foster the child with abusive parents, you foster Jesus. When you take cookies to the shattered widow, you take cookies to Jesus. When you place the anonymous envelope of money in the laid-off neighbors mailbox, you support Jesus.
When you think about it, with all the suffering, disappointment, and pain that surrounds us these days, its really easy to see Jesus –he’s all around you.
One more thing. Jesus seems to indicate that serving Him and knowing Him are inseparable. In other words, a good indicator that you know Him, is that you are moved to serve Him –by serving the least of these of these.
So go ahead, if you know Him, go look into His eyes on the face of a child, a neighbor, a stranger, or a friend.