DAY
21
HOW GOD SEES REFUGEES
THE GOD WHO CARES for the afflicted, the weak, and the needy also cares for refugees. They too are created in his image and for his glory. God reminds his people in the Old Testament that they were sojourners in Egypt before he redeemed them. Today God’s people are called sojourners (see 1 Peter 2:11) because we are looking to our promised reward—a better, heavenly country (see Hebrews 11:13-16).
The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
PSALM 146:9
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, for the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
PROVERBS 22:22-23
He [Jesus] came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
EPHESIANS 2:17-21
Responding in Prayer
- Thank God for his kindness toward you in providing for your physical needs and for the ability to gather with other Christians. Pray that your gratitude would result in generosity and compassion toward others.
- Ask God to provide for the physical needs of refugees around the world. Pray for political leaders to treat refugees justly and with compassion.
- Pray that churches around the world would have opportunities to share the gospel with refugees.