Sheep or Goat

31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40 "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'
41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
44 "They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
45 "He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
46 "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." Matthew 25:31-46(TNIV)



Are you a sheep or a goat? If you were to die today and before you know it be placed in front of this glorious throne with Jesus Christ in the judgment seat, His body still scarred and bruised from the incredible price that He paid for you, where would He put you, on the right or on the left? Truly if you have genuinely accepted His free gift of salvation into your heart of hearts then you will not be able to help but to act like the sheep in this story and in some small way be looking to give of yourself and to give of your resources to others as the acts of kindness that are evident in your life are not of your own doing but have everything to do with the one who lives inside of your soul. Maybe, you are a goat today but have ambitions to be a sheep at some time in your life when you have more time or when it is more convenient or when you are successful at cleaning up your act in preparation to live a Godly life. Listen, you will never be able to clean up your act without Jesus and no one knows how much longer they have on this earth. The truth of the matter is that you may not be here tomorrow and today may be your only opportunity to be Jesus to the world and to make a difference. Which side will you choose? Choose today and start living a life that abounds in love and adoration for the one who died to make you whole!