At Tthe End Of The Day We Are All Simply Beggars Telling Other Beggars Where We Found Bread.

Time to be about our Father's business. After we hear the Word of God, we should then take up the work of God. If you honor God, you won't have to seek His blessings. His blessing will seek you. The apostle Paul told the Ephesians elders that they too could never take a vacation from shepherding God's people (Acts 20). Caring for God's people includes feeding them spiritually, leading them gently, and warning them firmly.

I was thinking; you know at the end of the day we are all simply beggars telling other beggars where we found bread. Lord, thank you for your Word. It is truly the Bread of Life. Several years ago I heard a pastor speak on a related topic. “Our Lord Helps Beggars”.

"If you’re a beggar, you’re like the people in the subway station standing there with a cup, calling out for help. Or, to put that in the words of the Bible, calling out: Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me". 

“Now, in the subway stations, many just pass by those beggars. Some pretend not to see them. Some don’t care. Some are skeptical of them. Some are too busy to help. Some are late and in too much of a rush. But for us who are beggars before God, there is one who stops. The Son of David; the Good Samaritan; the Good Shepherd. The Son of God Himself.  The promised Messiah. And He doesn’t just throw a coin or two into our cups; He pours into our hearts His forgiveness, life, and salvation. He takes us out of the subway station and puts us in His mansion. He feeds us, dresses us, cleans us, and binds us up. He does everything for us beggars, all that we need”.

Once He does, that doesn’t mean we’re no longer beggars – we still are before God. For everything we have is His, though given to us. So how silly if we were to then go out and start bragging! I did this. I built this. I earned this. I achieved this. No, we are beggars. Always receiving, always receiving from our God and Savior what we need. 

“Our Lord helps beggars. God helps us not because we deserve it, not because of who WE are, but because of who HE is. God helps those who cannot help themselves. As beggars, all that we have from God is pure gift; completely undeserved grace”.

At the end of the day we are all simply beggars telling other beggars where we found bread. Lord, thank you for your Word. It is truly the Bread of Life.