Friday Reading: Hebrews 10:23-25
Key Verse: Hebrews 10:24
24 and let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,
Devotion:
Just as Mary and Martha invited Christ and His disciples into their home, we should be willing to invite Christians together in fellowship. It’s not just the fact that we can say we have a home or church that they can visit, nor is it about saying that we have to meet regularly because it’s Sunday or any other day of the week. It should be about Christian love for one another. How we display that love and how we interact is going to be different because we are all different people. There is just something very special about being together with the people that you love.
As Christmas approaches we are all probably thinking about getting together with the people that we love and even making plans to make sure that we see people that we may not often get round to seeing; but why should we limit that to Christmas time? You may say that that is what makes Christmas special, but I say to you that we should be making that a regular part of our life and not just something that happens once a year. And, yes, I am probably the most guilty of us all for not getting round to meeting up with people – that is just one of the things that God has taught me about love over the past few years.
One of the most amazing things I find about our God is that He is willing to teach us the right way, no matter how long it takes. For me it has been a long time coming and a few sore relationships to prove the point. The love that I can now show to others just because I am Christ’s child is something that I now hold very dear to my heart. Yes I am still guilty of not getting out there and sharing my time with others, but by gathering together with other Christians in whatever way possible I find that I now have a new purpose in my life – to share my love for God with everyone around me. Is that not what Christ has been trying to get me to do for all these years? I praise God for being so patient with me!
Points to Ponder:
How often do you just meet up with other Christians?
How often do you meet up with God in prayer?