How do you Feed the King of Kings?

"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, 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.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go visit you?'
The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." --Matthew 25:35-40


You and I see them everyday, if you don't, you either need a new pair of spiritual glasses or perhaps to just look in the right places.

The homeless, the poor, the starving. Those living on the streets all around us. It is the man on the corner with the sign proclaiming that he is a starving Vet in need of a hand, the woman and children selling water illegally out of ice chests on the side of US 19 on a hot summer's day, the man in line ahead of you at Wendy's through tears bartering his childhood baseball for a hamburger.

You see them, and you feel sorry for them, perhaps passing them a few dollars, but otherwise ignoring them.

-You want to help, but how? If you give them cash you are afraid they will simply spend it on booze or drugs, feeding a habit or maybe just trying to escape the life that has become the scary reality all around them.
-You want to help, but how? If you take them home and offer them an overnight rest on your couch, what if you wake up to an empty house, your stuff cleaned out and sold in a pawn shop.
-You want to help, but how? If you don't pay this bill they will turn off your electricity!

How can you ever hope to take what little you have been blessed with an help others?
How do you feed the hungry, provide drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, look after the sick, visit the prisoner?