Generous and Concerned People

Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. — Isaiah 10:1-2

God wants us to be a generous and concerned people. We are not to be concerned about our "stuff" but the work of God and the needs of others, especially those who are powerless and can't defend themselves.

Maid

Genesis 30:3

Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,  my servant.  Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”

Exodus 2:5

Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank.  She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it.

Psalm 123:2

As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,

 as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,

 so our eyes look to the Lord  our God,

 till he shows us his mercy.

John 18:16

but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in.

Acts 12:13

Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.

Thought 

. It seems as if God gives us hints each day about what he’d like us to do.  If you look closely around you, or if you listen carefully to what a friend says, I bet you will recognize a potential hint as to what God would like you to do.  Listen carefully.  Observe.  God is pointing the direction. - Christopher de Vinck

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