Lesson: You can help
Bible Passage: Matthew 25:31-46
Jesus tells us that “whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me.” That means that if you helped someone, even someone whom others think doesn’t matter, Jesus knows that and Jesus loves you for that.
A lot of folks your age would think, “I’m too little or I’m too young or I don’t know enough to help people or to make a difference.” Well, I don’t agree. You would be amazed at what you could do to help someone.
There is another way to look at what Jesus said. “Big Ones Look Out for the Little Ones.” Big Ones Look Out for the Little Ones.
You see Pastor Derrill there? (Choose an appropriate member of the congregation) He’s a big man. He’s strong and he’s smart. And I would want him on my side any day. But if I was going camping, you know who I’d want? Evan. (If you have a boy or girl scout or an otherwise competent young person, use them) Fourteen year old Evan. You know why? He knows stuff. He knows how to make a camp and how to cook over a fire and how to take care of business. If we went camping, Evan would be the Big One. And I hope he would look after me – the Little One.
Being the “Big One” doesn’t mean being the largest one. It means knowing something someone else doesn’t know or being able to do something the other person can’t do. But helping with a puzzle or climbing a tree could be just the thing for someone who doesn’t know the answer or can’t get up in the tree himself.
Even little babies – you see these beautiful babies? They are Big Ones. You know why? They give us a purpose. They give us hope. They give us innocence. And sometimes, when you are a Big One and you have the responsibilities and troubles and worries of a Big One – Purpose, Hope and Innocence are the best things to be given.
Because whatever it is you have, whatever it is you can give, when you give it in the name of Christ, you give it in love. And when you share Christ’s Love, no one can be bigger than that.
For a sermon on this subject, see www.MustBeGuida. sermons Big Ones Look Out For The Little Ones