The Isaiah Challenge

This is the face of hunger, it is not just numbers on paper, it is people, In the time you read this page
3 children will die of hunger. Children are dying at the rate of one child every five seconds.
16,000 children die from hunger-related causes a day, and that rate is growing every year.

Almost two in three people survive on less than $2 a day, with one in three living on less
than $1 a day.

The prophet Isaiah issued a challenge from God to His people;

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out
when you see the naked, and cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh (58:7)

Jesus elaborated on this verse when He said "for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me,
I was in prison and you came to Me". in Mat 25, He made it personal and about Him.

These scriptures as well as 2000 more reveal the heart of God, His deep love for the poor and the outcast, and His calling to His people to have the same heart and compassion for them as He does. Jesus reaffirms this when asked what is needed to enter eternal life, He states care for the poor. He even states in Matthew 25 that not to take care of those in need has grave eternal consequences. Taking care of the poor and needy is the business of Christians, the church.

Right now Jesus is hungry. thirsty.and naked. What are you going to do about it?