The Hope of All Hearts

The Hope of All Hearts

by James Kok

2nd year civil engineering student, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Sri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

28 February, 2012

Ever set eyes on a picture that ripped out your heart ?  I have.  As I choked back my tears that were welling up, I sat down and I closed my eyes.  But my mind refused to shake off the painful image of the two little street boys hugging together at the steps of a dingy staircase in the sweetness of lost sleep. 

I asked GOD to help me understand the situation. What situation you might ask? The plight of the poor and broken hearted.  Why is this happening?  Isn't there someone out there who cares and can do something about it?  Why can't God do something about this?

While I am seated comfortably on my couch and go about my normal daily campus routine, I know there are thousands of street children out there such as the two little ones in the picture who exist in all the hidden urban corners around the world.

I sincerely believe that GOD’s heart is always with these people.  The Bible says, “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.” (Matthew 5:3)  I’m wondering if these children know of this verse? I don’t think so, because no one has ventured to tell them before.  Jesus says: “for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.”  

But where is this Kingdom that Jesus mentioned? “Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, ‘The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.” (Luke 17:20-21)  So who’s responsible?  Certainly no one else but us.  That's because we are the ones who have the Kingdom of GOD in us!

My heart aches because I just can’t imagine how these two street boys will live through the winter or survive through the hot temperatures of summer.  Looking into the eyes of this boy below, it is as if he's asking, “Where is my GOD? Where the GOD that promises clothes for me when I’m cold, and food when I’m hungry? Where is the hope for me in the future? Will I even survive for tomorrow?” 

These hopeful scenes flash through my mind:

• Whenever these children are thirsty, GOD will pour down the water from heaven to quench their thirst;
• Whenever these children are hungry, GOD will send His angel to bring food for them;
• Whenever these children are sick, GOD will heal them by His healing hand .

But they are not happening!  How come?  Is it that GOD’s hands are too short to reach out to them?  “Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear." (Isaiah 59:1)   NO! I believe His hands are never too short, nor His ears too dull to listen to the cries of these children. 

GOD gave the world the perfect solution, the solution to wipe off the contamination of the world as a result of sins – the reconciliation between man and GOD through His only beloved Son, Jesus Christ. He who is clothed with all the glorious splendour, seated on the throne in Heaven, came down to die for us. And when Jesus died on the cross, He died for these children too. God promises, "They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” (Revelation 7:16-17)

It is not good enough for me to cry over this.  God intended for me to be His hands and feet to reach out to a lost world.  Jesus is just looking for a servant to do bring them this good news.   I want to feel His anguish for the lost.  I want to have His compassion to go out.  I want to do something about this.  I will do something about this.  I will get the hope of our hearts to these children. I want to be that one.

Let us step out and tell these little children that our Jesus loves them - that He is the hope of their little hearts. Let the promise of the hope of life be heard by these children. 

Let them encounter Jesus in us.  

Help me O LORD, to get out of my comfort zone and step out into the corners of the world, where the poor are …. 


Where Your heart is O LORD, I want to be there, I want to be there….

The Hope all Hearts

Where are you when I’m crying,

I’m hungry and I need food,

I’m thirsty and I need to drink,

I’m cold and I need a blanket,

I’m sick and I need healing,

I’m crying…

I’m desperate….

To have someone to hold me,

To have someone to love me,

To have someone to hug me,

And to tell me that everything will be okay…

Jesus:

I’m beside you my child and I heard you,

I’ll bring you food to fill your stomach,

I’ll bring you water to quench your thirst,

I’ll knit you a blanket with pure wool,

I’ll bring the medicine to you to cure your sickness,

I know you are crying,

And I know that you are in desperation,

I long to hold you in my arms,

And to brush through your hair with my loving hands,

Just to tell you that:

“Everything will be okay ,

Because I’ve send my only Son to save you,

To die for you My child,”

And I’m looking,

Just finding,

A servant to bring you this news.

And to tell you that I love you…