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JUST DO IT

This is not a NIKE commercial, it is a biblical command: “Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy,” Proverbs 31:8-9 (ESV). There is a great deal of frustration over how governments and other well-meaning entities deal with poverty and destitution. Much of the criticism is justified but is often made by those who offer opinions rather than a helping hand. Institutional redistribution of wealth is rarely done righteously or in ways that permanently lift the lives of those in need. There is simply no substitute for personal, community-based actions motivated by God’s commands, delivered in God’s love, and guided by God’s wisdom. As “People of the Book”, believers must guide the way by actions not mere words. James 2:18 declares: “But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.’” So there. Father increase my capacity to love the broken and needy and provoke me to respond in kind. 

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