Connected
hey guys ! today i'm just going to dive into what i want to share with y'all !
we are all a family by the blood of Jesus. our hearts & spirits are all connected, not just to Christ, but to each other also. when we give our lives to Christ we also allow Him to connect us to the fellow believers around us. family is bigger than a last name. no matter where you live or who you're related to by actual blood, we are a family in Christ. i think a lot of the time we forget that we are one big family. so i want to remind y'all today that we are all intertwined & our hearts are interlocked with the believers around us. our world is so messed up these days & its hard to live your life for Christ so when we can encourage each other & support one another then it can help lift that burden off our shoulders. so when you see someone who you know is struggling in their faith journey, stop & encourage them to pray & trust God that He will bring them through their trials. in order to create trust in a relationship it takes vulnerability on both ends. so invest in them & share with them a time in your life when God revealed Himself to you & help boost their faith. as humans our nature is to be inward-focused & we think that when we're going through a rough time that no one else understands or no one else has been there & it can feel SO lonely. but it is so encouraging to hear about someone else's struggles & so we know that God will bring us through the fire. also due to the selfish nature of the human population we don't reach out to people we know are hurting, so get out of your own head & be a little more observant & encourage our brothers & sisters in Christ.
pray & ask the Lord to reveal Himself to you. ask Him to give you His eyes to see the hurting. ask Him to show you those who are in need. ask Him to give you bravery & a boldness to speak life into others. ask Him for the right words to speak to them. put yourself aside & let God be God. not only is it an example to them of how God provides & moves, but it is also a strengthening of YOUR faith too. God will work through you if you let Him. pour Jesus into your life. spew the goodness of the Lord from your mouth. praise Him at all times. thank Him for the blessings He has given to you. thank Him for the Cross & how He has provided for you. spend time with Him, learn to trust Him, & lean on Him at all times.
Exodus 14:14 "the Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."
don't easily forget how far God reached to save your life. we can't save others & we can't make people do things that they don't want to do, but we can lead them in the right direction. it goes back to you can't make a horse drink, but you can lead him to the water, same thing. you be a vessel for Christ & He will do the saving. we don't deserve to have been saved, but He loved us so much that He saved us from an eternity in hell. the invitation to spend eternity with Christ is open to everyone who is a follower of Him & just like you've been liberated by the passionate love of Christ & you now walk blameless, don't you want your friends to feel the same joy ? YOU can be the light that leads them & you can be Jesus with skin on to them. i encourage you to take up your cross daily & conquer the mission that the Lord set out for you & that is to make the name of Jesus famous & spread His love & word.
i challenge you to allow your heart to ache for those who need the love of Christ & allow yourself to get out of your own head to help our fellow believers.
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"& I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, & I will be the glory in her midst."
Zechariah 2:5