Help Wanted: Working With God

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Help Wanted / Working with God

How many of you know broken people? Broken by low wages, broken by poor health, broken by prejudice, broken by lack of access to health care, broken by child abuse, broken by drug abuse, broken by lack of employment, broken by loss of a loved one, broken by suffering, be it mental or physical; how many of you know broken people? We all know broken people and all of us are broken in one way or another, but the Good News is that Jesus had compassion for broken people (Matthew 9:35-36).

Jesus did have some harsh words, but they were reserved for religious hypocrites, and those who had no compassion for broken people. The compassion of Jesus led him to go about healing. If you think about it a good thing about health care is that is mends and heals us. We have people here involved in the field of helping people get better or alleviate their pain.

Although most of us are not involved in the field of health care, there is also something that all of us can do: We can extend friendship to broken people! Jesus extended God’s friendship to broken people so that they would know that God indeed cared for them and had not deserted or forgotten them. We continue that ministry and mission! …show more content…

It is a sign of the hope of being employed for someone looking for employment. For businesses, it is a sign noting that it is looking to employ. The business hopes it will be a good employee, and the potential employee hopes it will be a good place to work and earn income. Jesus offers us an invitation to labor for the kingdom in order to bring about healing and wholeness, in order to offer friendship to broken people. Jesus displays what God does, and Jesus invites us to follow his lead in this ministry to broken people (Matthew

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