Orphan Care: An Opportunity to Make Much of Jesus
The following is a guest post from Dan Cruver, the Director of Together for Adoption.
When James call us “to visit orphans and widows in their affliction,” he’s calling us to make much of Jesus. For the Christian, making much of Jesus and visiting orphans are not two separate calls.
The relationship between making much of Jesus and visiting orphans in their affliction is very similar, if not identical, to the relationship between glorifying God and enjoying him forever. Just as we “glorify God by enjoying him forever,” we can make much of Jesus by visiting orphans in their affliction.
Why do I believe this to be the case? Because, in Jesus, God first visited us in our affliction (see Exodus 4:31; Luke 1:68, 78-79; Acts 15:14).
When we as Christians visit orphans in their affliction, we make much of the God who first visited us in ours at great cost …