The Key to Blessings: Daily Reflections

Isiaah 58:6-11 says - 

6“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
10 If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
11 The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Today I read an ad from a non profit which had a picture of a little girl with tears. Someone asked her are you a Muslim, Hindu, Christian or Sikh etc. And she simply replies, "I am hungry".

A very sad ad that was. But so much truth in it. The quoted verses are as true today as they were thousands of years ago during Isaiah's time.

And that's the thing: we want God to give but we are not willing to share. The quoted verses make it quite clear- God entrusts us with more when we are willing to use His blessings to make sure no one we know is hungry, or is insecure or without a job, or sick or in any sort of situation which is leaving him/ her in hunger or fear of something.

You may say God said that to Israel as a nation. Sure. But who makes up a nation? Ordinary people like you and me. If we don't do it at our small level, how can any nation do it on a national scale? And how can we ever have a hunger free, terror free, educated world?

So tonight when we pray to our God, let's make sure we at least pray for others and while we ask for His blessings on finance, jobs etc., keep in mind the key to getting those blessings : sharing our blessings and caring for others. Lets resolve to wipe each tear away from people around us.