Wednesday, January 13, 2016

To The Right And To The Left

Today was a reasonably intense day. As I thought about the battles we have in life, it occcurred to me that we not only face them individually, we face them as a collective. We face them as the body of believers. In essence, even if we are holding our own in the spiritual battles, we need to remember to look to the left and to the right. Our brothers and sisters may well need us.

Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
5 For every man shall bear his own burden.

We see at work here two principles. First, we are called to help one another. We need each other. No person stands alone. Secondly, we are all responsible for our own walk, We should not think that we can escape the fruit of our efforts, for goo or for bed. Paul states this specifically in the scriptures that follow – we reap what we sow. But the message here is that no man should be puffed up and therefore not help his brothers and sisters, because all will reap what they sow. All of us need each other. Collectively, we will defeat our enemy.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King. We need You and Your kingdom. We are Your kingdom in many ways. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Help us to help each other. Heal us. Deliver us from the thief that steals from us. Restore one hundred times one hundred fold, and hundreds of hundreds of hundreds. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.