Jesus will in no way cast out those who seek Him

Seeing Upside Down

From our daily bread.

Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. —Matthew 9:12

I added this because it is the poor, the sick, the disabled, and gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender that God is calling to Him. These are the ones that the world judges the harshest.

ODB: Seeing Upside Down

Oct 15, 2014/in Devotional, Our Daily Bread/by YMI

October 15, 2014

READ: Matthew 8:1-4; 9:9-12 

Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. —Matthew 9:12

In India I worshiped among leprosy patients. Most of the medical advances in the treatment of leprosy came about as a result of missionary doctors, who were willing to live among patients and risk exposure to the dreaded disease. As a result, churches thrive in most major leprosy centers. In Myanmar I visited homes for AIDS orphans, where Christian volunteers try to replace parental affection the disease has stolen away. The most rousing church services I have attended took place in Chile and Peru, in the bowels of a federal prison. Among the lowly, the wretched, the downtrodden—the rejected of this world—God’s kingdom takes root.

Taking God’s assignment seriously means that we must learn to look at the world upside down, as Jesus did. Instead of seeking out people with resources who can do us favors, we look for people with few resources. Instead of the strong, we find the weak; instead of the healthy, the sick. Instead of the spiritual, the sinful. Is not this how God reconciles the world to Himself? “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. . . . I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matt. 9:12-13 niv).

To gain a new perspective, look at the world upside down as Jesus did.

— Philip Yancey

We know, Jesus, that You sought the lowly ones

who were rejected by others. We want to be like

You. Open our eyes and show us how.

We long to be used by You to bless others.