Kirk Cameron Sees Americans Living Out This Biblical Command Following Hurricanes

Published: November 18, 2024

Kirk Cameron Sees Americans Living Out This Biblical Command Following Hurricanes

By Movieguide® Contributor

Kirk Cameron expressed his gratitude for Americans’ desire to help each other after witnessing strangers supporting the victims of the recent hurricanes that devastated the East coast.

“I spent the past couple days in Black Mountain, North Carolina and witnessed the power of a hurricane to destroy. It left me in awe,” Cameron wrote on Instagram. “But what left me in greater awe was the even more powerful force of a group of 700 volunteer men who drove in as part of the Red truck Men rescue squad. Chainsaws, axes, backhoes, hot breakfast and a love for God & people fueled these heroes to rescue, restore and rebuild.”

“I am praying for everyone tragically affected by the recent hurricanes and so thankful for ministries like @theredtruckmen answering the call in Galatians 6:2 to ‘Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ,'” he added.

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This outpouring of support for the victims of the recent hurricanes bears a striking resemblance to Christ’s call to love our neighbors. Though those men do not know most of the victims, they still choose to give up their time and use their talents and skills for their good. Cameron has previously called on his fans to follow that example and share the light of Christ with those around them.

“When Jesus was asked what does it mean to love your neighbor, you and I might come up with a lot of descriptions of what that might look like: we could say nice things to them, we could maybe give them some money, we could write them a card, we could visit them. But what Jesus said it looks like, it was awkward for that Samaritan to help that man, he was naked…It was inconvenient. He had to go out of his way and stop whatever he had planned to do to help this man…It was also gross, the man was bloody. He was beaten, he no doubt, was very unclean, not just religiously unclean as a Samaritan, but physically filthy, and it was expensive,” Cameron said in 2021 during his campfire revival series.

“I find that to be inspiring and simultaneously convicting,” he added. “It’s easy to love people who love us, it’s easy to love people who make us feel good who think like we do, but what about the people who don’t line up with our values, or our religion?”

“In doing so, it might really demonstrate the goodness the kindness and the power of God that is alive inside of your heart,” Cameron continued. “If a person’s coming to your mind right now, if the Lord is, is bringing someone to mind. Don’t wait. Do it. See what happens. Love them.”