2/26- Declaring God’s Glory in Helping the Orphan- Deut.
10:17-18
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. (Deuteronomy 10:17-18)
Thoughts: God cares for those who cannot care for themselves. There are 210 million orphans in the world today. There are 245 million widows in the world (115 million of which are living in poverty). There are 175 million migrants around the world. The passage does not say that God will stop widows from being widowed, or orphans from being orphaned, or migrant workers from migrating. But it does say that God cares about their plight. It is also true that when Christians care for these most vulnerable they declare God's glory. The widow, the orphan, the migrant can do little if anything for those who help them. So helping people in need is a witness that God motivates us to go beyond themselves. When someone goes overseas to spend their time helping orphans they have never met; when someone reaches out to the widow in the snow or cold; when someone seeks to provide a Bible, clothes or food for migrants (risking popularity), then they have said something about God.
Prayer: Lord, give me your eyes and your heart to see and care for those in need. Then give me the strength and power to help.
Becca, a South Carolinian Christian with Ugandan AIDS orphans.
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