HOW JESUS SEES THE WORLD

“How did Jesus see His world? “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them.” He saw a crowded world. It has been estimated that in our Lord’s time, the population of the world was about 250 million. What kind of world do we see? Five thousand million – twenty times as many!

He saw a helpless world. How contemporary! With all our sophistication, we move helplessly from one crisis to another, with few solutions. Those people were bewildered, crushed by injustice and oppression. His heart ached for them in their inability to improve their spiritual condition.

He saw a shepherdless world. Sheep have no sense of direction, no weapon of offense or defense. Jesus saw them as lost, with no one to care for their spiritual destitution. And are there not still vast numbers in the less developed countries who are in the same condition?

When worldly men see a crowd, each sees something different? The educator sees potential students. The politician, potential voters. The merchant, potential customers. Each sees them with the thought of the way he can profit from them. Jesus never exploited any man for His own benefit. “When He saw them he had compassion on them.” And soon that compassion would lead Him to the cross…Eyes that look are common. Eyes that see are rare. Do we have eyes that see?”