When Did You Help Him?

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April 23, 2025 – 04/23/2025 

  4 – Creation and Things That Are Made 

23 – (+) Being in the Presence of God (-) Death

 

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Philippians 4:23 NLT

When Did You Help Him?\n

I would love to go back through time and actually witness Jesus on earth. He was God in the flesh, not God pretending to be a man.\n

Would I be able to talk to Him since I don\u2019t speak Hebrew? Maybe I would be an observer, a fly on the wall. If I were, I would want to see the feeding of the 5,000 and Jesus walking on water.\n

Calming the storm would be cool. So would watching Jesus defend the woman caught in the act. What did you write in the dirt, Jesus?\n

Though I would love to be there in the upper room when He walked through the wall and fulfilled His promise to the hopeless, I think I would love to be there the day He died. I would like to encourage Him somehow. Give Him a drink, help Simon of Cyrene carry the timbers \u2013 anything to ease His pain.\n

Oh, if I could just be the one voice yelling, \u201cThank you, Jesus\u201d in the midst of the many shouting for His death. I would tell Him, \u201cYou can do this! It\u2019s not always going to be like this. This one day changes everything, Lord.\u201d\n

A few years back, in my prayer time, I was complaining to God about my lack of a time machine to do such a thing. \u201cLord, I want to love on you when you were hurting so bad,\u201d I said. In an instant, I felt God speak a word into my heart. \u201cYou already do and have many times.\u201d I knew right away He was talking about Matthew 25.\n

\u201cThen they also will answer Him, saying, \u2018Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?\u2019 Then He will answer them, saying, \u2018Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0Matthew 25:44-45\n

Come to find out, I\u2019ve done a lot of time traveling these past 30-plus years. What about you? Have you clothed Jesus? Have you fed Him, encouraged Him, visited Him in the nursing home, hospital or prison? If not, start today. You will be blessed, and so will He.","hover":"\nWhich Wolf Do You Feed?\n

Jesus-driven thinking helps and heals. This is what the Bible has to say on the subject: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. \u2013 Romans 8:6\n

The Cherokee nation knew it, too. Check out this spot-on tribal tale:\n

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life. He told the boy, \u201cA terrible fight is going on inside me. It is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and self-doubt.\"\n

The old man continued: \u201cThe other wolf is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.\u201d He then told the boy, \u201cThis same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too.\u201d\n

The grandson thought about it for a minute, then asked his grandfather, \u201cWhich wolf will win?\u201d The wise old chief replied, \u201cThe one you feed.\u201d\n

What wolf have you been feeding? Just know the wolf of evil thoughts will eventually devour you, and likely others as well. Thoughts become actions, and there is always collateral damage.\n

That\u2019s not you! You can control your thought life and ensure the evil wolf starves to death."}},"slug":"et_pb_blurb"}">When Did You Help Him?

I would love to go back through time and actually witness Jesus on earth. He was God in the flesh, not God pretending to be a man.

Would I be able to talk to Him since I don’t speak Hebrew? Maybe I would be an observer, a fly on the wall. If I were, I would want to see the feeding of the 5,000 and Jesus walking on water.

Calming the storm would be cool. So would watching Jesus defend the woman caught in the act. What did you write in the dirt, Jesus?

Though I would love to be there in the upper room when He walked through the wall and fulfilled His promise to the hopeless, I think I would love to be there the day He died. I would like to encourage Him somehow. Give Him a drink, help Simon of Cyrene carry the timbers – anything to ease His pain.

Oh, if I could just be the one voice yelling, “Thank you, Jesus” in the midst of the many shouting for His death. I would tell Him, “You can do this! It’s not always going to be like this. This one day changes everything, Lord.”

A few years back, in my prayer time, I was complaining to God about my lack of a time machine to do such a thing. “Lord, I want to love on you when you were hurting so bad,” I said. In an instant, I felt God speak a word into my heart. “You already do and have many times.” I knew right away He was talking about Matthew 25.

“Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’  Matthew 25:44-45

Come to find out, I’ve done a lot of time traveling these past 30-plus years. What about you? Have you clothed Jesus? Have you fed Him, encouraged Him, visited Him in the nursing home, hospital or prison? If not, start today. You will be blessed, and so will He.

Grounded in FaithDeclare!

This is a great day to serve the Lord out of my overflow. I am abundantly blessed to be a blessing. In every area of fruitfulness or overflow in my life, I make a point to sow into other’s lives. God blesses me more and more in return! I can’t out-give God!

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Blessing,

Pastor Troy Brewer

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