Jesus Facebook Friends

Imagine Jesus on Facebook...

Who would be His friends?

The immoral Samaritan woman at the well; the paralytic man and his four friends; the helpless woman with the blood issue; the lonely Zaccheus; the blind Bartimaeus; the widow of Nain; the little children whom the disciples chased away; the downcasted Jairus; the prostitute who anointed His feet with perfume; the demon-possessed man at Gadarenes; the deaf-mute boy; a Samaritan leper and the list goes on and on.

The list would include those of the 'lower class' of society, the rich but poor in the spirit, the downcasted; the rejected; the broken-hearted; the needy, the sick, people with despised occupation, shameful background and those with incurable and chronic dieases.

Jesus mission is very clear. The very reason why He came. I Luke 4:16-20, He read from Isaiah 61, declaring that He had come to fulfill the promise of God. - "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He had anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

Loving and serving the rejects is not an emotional thing. It is a biblical mandate. It sums up in one word that does not come naturally or easy. I have to pray for it - Compassion.

I desire to become truly compassionate like Jesus. He has to change me and hypocrisy must go. Let the work of transformation in me be so deep and so real that it becomes obvious to all whom I live with and work with, and those I am called to serve.