We Care Because We’re Cared For

It's important to be biblically grounded before we can make any judgments or share any opinions about what we think should be going on politically in our country.

This past Sunday, I was going to speak at my home church down in southern Georgia. And I got to share on the political topic of immigration and what the Bible has to say about that. And that was really so unique. I got to say, let's all start at the same place that we've got to be biblically engaged before we can be politically outraged. It's just so easy for us to share our opinions on social media or to just get on our soapbox about something. But we first need to check ourselves and make sure, hey, is this grounded in biblical truth? 

And so in the case of immigration, just to share one verse. I spent a lot of time in Deuteronomy, but you really see it in Exodus, Leviticus, and all over the Old Testament. Every time that there's a law around caring for the widow, the orphan, and sojourner, there's always this one commandment that comes right after it. And really, it’s not a command, but it’s more of a statement. It says, care for the sojourners because you were sojourners in Egypt. 

Every single time as you look at it, that phrase is always there: care for the sojourner because you were one. And we all as a collective community and as the church need to recognize that God's been faithful to us. 

Therefore, we need to extend that same hospitality and that same grace to the immigrant, to the sojourner, to the refugee, to the foreigner who is among us, not just for our economic good, even though that's substantially going to be the case, but certainly for the holistic view of the gospel. 

Chris Chancey

Chris Chancey is the CEO and Founder of Amplio Recruiting where he is focused on achieving Amplio's vision of staffing companies in 25 locations by 2025. He provides operational and financial support to the Amplio team.