1John 3:18 ‘My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.’
DAILY READING; Hebrews 9:23-10:18; Exodus 9:1-10:29; Proverbs 3
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel in 2018, a special event took place on January 27th.
On Jerusalem’s Mount Zion, a plaque was unveiled in honor of Oskar Schindler. He was a German responsible for saving 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.
The plaque read: “The unforgettable rescuer of 1,200 persecuted Jews,” and is located underneath the biblical quote “the voice of your brother’s blood cries out.”
Indeed the blood of many jews cried out during World war 2, when Adolf Hitler murdered about 6 million Jews.
In 1939, Oskar Schindler, a Christian businessman, bought an enamelware factory and began to employ Jewish workers as a way of helping them to escape. Schindler went to great lengths to ensure his workers were protected. He repeatedly gave money to German soldiers, to prevent them from deporting his workers to extermination camps.
His workers lived within the walls of his factory to avoid being arrested. Later, Schindler convinced the Nazis to convert his factory into a branch of Plaszow concentration camp, and brought in more Jews from other camps as well, protecting them from the brutality of the holocaust.
With all the money invested in his efforts to save the Jews, by the war’s end, Schindler was penniless. But he had managed to save the lives of 1,200 Jews.
Today, he has been recognized posthumously with many international awards and is especially celebrated in Israel.
His story is captured in the blockbuster movie, ‘Schindler’s list’.
Indeed it is better to be a ‘people millionaire’ than to be a ‘paper millionaire’.
Oskar Schindler was not the only rich Christian in Germany during the holocaust. The other millionaires who refused to assist with their money but looked away as the Jews perished, no one remembers their names today. But the name of Oskar Schindler continues to resonate throughout history.
Our resources are not to be hoarded but to be used to serve God and help humanity.
God has designed us to make a difference in the world, one life at a time.
The world is full of hurting people, even in the Church. They need someone to reach out in love. Love is practical, it is what we do.
James 2:15-16, says ‘If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?’
We need to reach out to others in love, especially those who are of the household of faith. Let us not love in words, but in deeds. Let us be physical manifestations of Jesus to our world.
Jesus needs a body through which to love people today and it is our choice to allow Him to flow through us to bless humanity.
God uses our arms to hug and our voices to encourage and our hands to touch.
Many people right now are praying for a miracle. We can be an answer to that prayer. No matter where you are or what challenges you’re facing, you can look beyond your needs and allow God use you to bring succor to others.
The truth is that our destiny is connected to helping others.
When we sow into people’s lives, those seeds bring the multiplications and harvest that catapults us to higher levels.
Indeed when you water others you will be watered also. When you live to give, you will never lack God’s blessings.
PRAYER: Lord, Please help me to look beyond my own needs and seek rather for ways to be a blessing to others. As I do, I thank You for overflowing my life with Your blessings in Jesus Name..
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Illuminate your world, for you are a star destined to shine- – WORDBITE 222