What Jesus Didn't Do

  

As I think about

the things that

Jesus did and

the example He set,

I am both struck

and

moved by the things

that He didn't do.

When people went  to Him

with their needs,

He did not reproach them.

He didn't ask,

"Have you heard the gospel message?

Did you go forward during the altar call?"

He didn't first 

point out to them all of their faults

and

accuse them of 

"not doing anything to help themselves".

He did not despise their poverty,

 demand that they account for

every penny they had spent

in the past twelve months,

nor did He hand them a cup

marked "Urine Sample".

He did not look at them in disgust, 

ignore them

or turn His back on them

because they weren't living their lives

the way that He thought they ought

or because they weren't

contributing enough to society.

No.

He did

NONE

of these things.

Rather, 

He looked at them,

He saw them,

He knew them,

He had compassion upon them. 

He fed them,

He healed them,

He was a friend to them,

He loved them.

He granted their requests.

He did ALL of this

without

conditions,

limitations,

or

restrictions.

And after He DID 

all these things,

He said to us,

"Do, likewise, 

all that I have done

and

MORE."