Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into this harvest.”
Matthew 9:35-38
Jesus was compassionate. He felt sorrow for people who were suffering and who were sick, and He took action: He healed them.
We can take a lesson from this. Rather than harshly judge people because their lifestyle does not match our standards, we need to work to help them heal. People can be broken because of poor choices or because of the luck of the roll of the dice. It is not our place to make a judgement, but rather to do what Jesus did: Show compassion.
This means we need to feed and house people in need. We need to provide medical help for those who are ill. We need to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.
We need to put ourselves out there to do the work Jesus calls us to do.
Get busy.
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