桌上擺滿了烤雞、青豆、義大利麵，以及麵包卷等各式各樣的食物。在十月一個涼爽的日子裡，芝加哥至少有54名無家可歸的街友，在一位女士54歲的生日宴上飽餐一頓。這位女士和她的朋友們決定，不像往年那樣在餐廳慶生，而是為芝加哥的街友們提供一頓熱騰騰的餐食。她也在社交媒體上鼓勵大家，在自己過生日那天能做一件善行義舉，當作是送給自己的一份生日禮物。

這件事讓我想起在馬太福音25章中，耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們：這些事你們既做在我這弟兄中一個最小的身上，就是做在我身上了」（40節）。在說這話之前，耶穌宣布祂的羊將會受邀進入祂永恆的國度承受產業（34節）。到那時，耶穌將承認這些給祂吃、給祂穿的人，是因為他們活出真正的信仰，而那些驕傲的宗教人士卻截然不同（參閱26章3-5節）。儘管這些「義人」並不知道自己何時接待了耶穌（25章37節），但耶穌明確地讓他們知道，他們為別人所做的一切，就是為祂而做（40節）。

為飢腸轆轆的人預備食物，是上帝幫助我們去關懷祂子民的其中一種方式，顯明了我們對上帝的愛，以及與祂美好的關係。願上帝今日就幫助我們去關懷有需要的人。

Barbecue chicken, green beans, spaghetti, rolls. On a cool day in October, at least fifty-four homeless people received this hot meal from a woman celebrating fifty-four years of life. The woman and her friends decided to forgo her usual birthday dinner in a restaurant, choosing instead to cook and serve meals to people on the streets of Chicago. On social media, she encouraged others to also perform a random act of kindness as a birthday gift.

This story reminds me of Jesus’ words in Matthew 25: “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (v. 40). He said these words after declaring that His sheep will be invited into His eternal kingdom to receive their inheritance (vv. 33–34). At that time, Jesus will acknowledge that they’re the people who fed and clothed Him because of their genuine faith in Him, unlike the proud religious people who did not believe in Him (see 26:3–5). Although the “righteous” will question when they fed and clothed Jesus (25:37), Hell assure them that what they did for others was also done for Him (v. 40).

Feeding the hungry is just one way God helps us care for His people—showing our love for Him and relationship with Him. May He help us meet others’ needs today.