Pray the Word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

People who have been driven away from their homeland, people who have been separated from

their people, ethnically, people who have been separated from their families.

He says, care for them, do not oppress them, do not abuse them, do not take advantage

of them, look for opportunities to care for them, for you know the heart of our Sojourner.

You are Sojourners in the land of Egypt and you know what it's like the implication

is clear to be oppressed in a land like that, to be enslaved, to be treated harshly.

So care for people in your midst who are like you were, who are sojourning away from their

homeland, away from their family, away from that which is familiar to them.

We see this all throughout the Old Testament and then of course the New Testament makes

clear you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Jesus saying that command right after talking about Samaritan woman, helping out a Jewish

man, the picture is clear from cover to cover in the Bible.

One, don't oppress others and slave others, abuse others, take advantage of others love

others as yourself lay down your life to love others and specifically much like we saw

in Exodus and see all throughout the Bible, God's care for orphans, God's care for

widows, we see God's care for Sojourners.

So now take this Biblical picture that we have from Old Testament to New Testament of

God's care for Sojourners and think are there any people like that in the world today?

And a quick look, all you have to do is read this verse and then think, okay, God cares

about Sojourners, God cares about those who have been driven from their land or displaced

people.

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