Deuteronomy 22:1
If you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep or goat wandering away, don’t ignore your responsibility. Take it back to its owner.
Seems like a perfectly normal bible verse. Or even a religious ‘moral’. Being charitable and helpful is just a noble thing. But what caught my attention is ‘Don’t ignore your responsibility’.
In other versions ‘Don’t ignore it’ and ‘Don’t hide yourself’.
That’s a lot more than just being helpful isn’t it? We’ve heard of the slogan ‘With great power comes great responsibility’. But we haven’t heard ‘Upon seeing a need, comes great responsibility’.
Don’t ignore someone in need. Don’t hide yourself.
You may be the only person at that time who could help in that way. You may be the only person who saw or will ever see that specific need.
Help. Care. Act. It is our responsibility.
There is hope. We can be fixed. 