“—no man cared for my soul.” (Psalm 142:4)
If you feel that no one cares, you just might be pretty close to being right! I know that in most instances saying, “Nobody cares” is an exaggeration, but in some cases it is mighty close to the truth. Many claim or pretend to care, but few really do. Let’s not kid ourselves, if you think the world is going to stop and mourn your passing when you die, you’re wrong. Life goes on. Even many of those who attend your funeral won’t be grieving an hour after you are buried. They will be stuffing themselves with chicken and talking about the ball game shortly after they put you in the grave.
We might as well face the facts–most people don’t give a hoot about people, at least when it comes to caring on a deep level. They go through life using people, rather than caring for people. The moment you cease to contribute to their welfare you’re off their list of things to “care” about. O they still might talk about “caring”, but they don’t–or it would show. Those who care do! Caring is more than talk. Caring provides needs and seeks to please.
Now let’s get practical. Like it or not, we live in an uncaring world. Except for a precious few, people aren’t really concerned about you or me.So what? Does it hurt? Sure it hurts. It hurts us just like it hurts those who are hurt by uncaring people. We’re all hurt ,and hurt people hurt people. We’re all in this together, we just deal with it differently. So how should we respond to an uncaring world?
To put it simply, we should do as God commands regardless of how unpleasant the situation is. We should do our duty and we should do so with a good disposition. We should love people unconditionally, even when they are unloving. Jesus put it this way, ” Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them—“( Matt. 7:12). Listen folks, this isn’t hard to understand—do for others what you want them to do for you, even when they don’t care enough to do it. Do you want others to care for you? Then you ought to care for them–even if it is obvious that they don’t care anything about you. Our motive is to please Christ, not to gain the favor of others, manipulating them to please us. We all can make a big difference in our little part of the world if we stop feeling sorry for ourselves and start caring for others.
Lastly I want to remind you that, regardless of who you are or what you’ve done, there is someone who cares–His name is Jesus! He cares so much that He suffered and died on the cross that He could meet your deepest need!
