Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Hand Holding Hand

This is a great image to consider. It can be parent and child, husband and wife, or in some cases teammates. But why does a child seek to hold a parent’s hand? Husbands and wives? Teammates? In side is is built the confidence that holding the hand of another makes us safer, stronger, better in some way. This is true for believers as well. Instinctively we know that there is somehow safety and strength in being together. And we are to be helping each other, as Paul tells us.

Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

There is something very powerful in the believers being unified and being together. It is the community holding up the one, and the one holding up the community.

Psalms 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Sometimes we forget. We get involved in personalities and emotions and forget who are God is. We look at each other, and get off track. If we can get past this tendency, then we can experience what the first century church did.

Acts 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

The question is this: Are we willing to become of one accord and hold each up, that we might see the power of God again today as they did then where thousands became believers at one time?

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Send us the kingdom today that we might find unity. Give us today Your overwhelming abundant provision. Forgive us when we speak evil of others, and help us to not. Guide us in Your will and Your ways. Heal us, our hearts and our emotions and our bodies. Deliver us. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.