Distressing Disguise

Michael Card

He is in the pain, He is in the need


He is in the poor, we are told to feed


Though He was rich, for us He became poor


How could He give so much, what was it for?





In His distressing disguise


He waits for us to surmise


That we rob our brothers by all that we own


And that's not the way He has shown





Every time a faithful servant serves


A brother that's in need


What happens at that moment is a miracle indeed


As they look to one another in an instant it is clear


Only Jesus is visible for they've both disappeared





He is in the hand that reaches out to give


He is in the touch that causes men to live


So speak with your life now as well as your tongue


Shelter the homeless, take care of the young





In His distressing disguise


He hopes that we'll realize


That when we take care of the poorest of them


We've really done it to Him