PM#0415 Encouraging Others Heb 3:13
PM#0415
Encouraging Others
Heb 3:13
Occasionally you come across a person who does not come to
church functions. That person is very
out going.
Do you know someone like this? All too often our judgment is that they need
to show hospitality—after all he who would have friends should show himself
friendly. That’s in the Bible.
However does that judgment really address the person’s need?
Somewhere there is a deep hurt—a relational hurt—something that has been
unresolved for many years. This is
characteristic of people who have a reflective nature.
The Bible says in Heb 3:13 to encourage ‘one another
daily’.
If we need help to obey the scriptures in cases like this,
we can ask for it in prayer. Consider
this prayer: Father, I have judged a
fellow Christian and not encouraged them.
I ask for forgiveness and your help to be able to encourage them. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
The above
meditation focuses on how we respond and encourage.
A thought
about encouragement—How should it be done? Perhaps we need to ask ourselves—what is our first
reaction? Is it one of a type of
judgment—yet we think the judgment will help?—That is an interesting question
but one we need to be honest about. In
reality, judgment does not encourage. It
may correct—but it rarely is an encouragement.
