I came across this
brief commentary by the late Derek Prince. He talks about caring for the widows and orphans in our midst. The weak and vulnerable in our midst.
Psalm 146:9
The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. NIV
One of the things that the Bible consistently emphasizes is this
– that the Lord cares for the alien, the stranger, the outcast and the
unprotected, particularly the fatherless and the widow. And God
challenges us to share that concern.
In the New Testament, in the epistle of James, pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is defined as this: “To visit the widows and the fatherless.” You
know, a lot of things that we think are religious don’t mean much in
the sight of God, and some things we neglect are very important in the
sight of God. God cares for the alien. He cares for the widow. He cares
for the fatherless. And if God has imparted His nature and His
compassion to you and me, we are going to have the same kind of care,
the same kind of concern, that God has. And that’s going to be the kind
of religion that’s acceptable with God.
It’s not just a question of religious activities. It’s not just
going to church or singing hymns, but it’s sharing God’s concern with
Him. He cares, and we need to care. Today there are countless
opportunities for us in this blessed land of America to show our care
and our concern for those in this or other lands who are less privileged
than we are. God cares, we need to care.
This involves personal involvement not just expecting the government to do it through welfare programs.
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