Hurting People

As we look throughout our country, we see that there are a lot of people that are hurting. People are dealing with various sicknesses and illness that they won't even let people know about. Many of the people that you think are "okay" are really not. They are dealing with aches and pains that they refuse to publicly divulge. They are physically hurting. Then there are people who are suffering with emotional pain. Wounds and scars from the past that have never been healed. Since there is no institutional form of addressing emotional and psychological issues (like the medical system and hospitals address physiological ailments), outside of counseling and therapy, people are forced to deal with their internal turmoil the best they know how. Then there are the relational issues, financial issues, career issues, that are throwing people into social tumult. Bottom line my friends, we are living in a society where there are a lot of Hurting People.

The Good News about the Kingdom of God is that God has established His Kingdom in order to address the hurts and pains of people (Luke 4, Isaiah 61). The Kingdom of God is not simply for "personal prosperity". Yes, God is going to release Supernatural Favor to His Chosen as a Manifestation of the establishment of His Kingdom (Exodus 12). However, when you study the Ministry of Jesus, His Ministerial Objective was never the material advancement of Himself, let alone the people He served. Jesus was always about dealing with the hurts of the people. All throughout His Ministry He was healing the sick, raising the dead, giving sight to the blind, making the deaf hear, empowering the crippled to walk, feeding the hungry; this was The Ministry of Jesus.

As the disciples and Body of Christ, this too is our Mission and Ministry. Just as Jesus was called to Minister to the hurts of people and minister to Hurting People, this too is the job of the church. Our job as Witnesses of Jesus Christ is to go where the Holy Spirit sends us and address the needs and concerns of Hurting People. People want to know does someone care? Americans today are "politically vulnerable" because they are desperate for a Government that cares. Cares about their economic plight, cares about their financial woes, cares about the emotional state of their families, cares about the safety and security of their communities. And not only does someone care, can anybody do anything about the problems? The church's answer should be a resounding yes. There is someone who cares, and His Name is Jesus. He cares so much that He gave His Life on Calvary's Cross to die for the forgiveness of the sins of the world. That is the Love of God. The Design of the Kingdom of God is to take the Love that the Father Manifested through His Son on the Cross and spread it to the entire world. A world that needs to know that there is a God who is and has the answer for Hurting People.