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Today’s Scriptures
Today’s Bible reading plans include:
Ready – Galatians 6:1-10
Set – Job 31; Galatians 6
Go! – Job 32-33; Galatians 5-6
Galatians 6:1-10
1 My spiritual brothers and sisters, if one of our faithful has fallen into a trap and is snared by sin, don’t stand idle and watch his demise. Gently restore him, being careful not to step into your own snare. 2 Shoulder each other’s burdens, and then you will live as the law of the Anointed teaches us. 3 Don’t take this opportunity to think you are better than those who slip because you aren’t; then you become the fool and deceive even yourself. 4 Examine your own works so that if you are proud, it will be because of your own accomplishments and not someone else’s. 5 Each person has his or her own burden to bear and story to write.
6 Remember to share what you have with your mentor in the Word.
7 Make no mistake: God can’t be mocked. What you give is what you get. What you sow, you harvest. 8 Those who sow seeds into their flesh will only harvest destruction from their sinful nature. But those who sow seeds into the Spirit shall harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. 9 May we never tire of doing what is good and right before our Lord because in His season we shall bring in a great harvest if we can just persist. 10 So seize any opportunity the Lord gives you to do good things and be a blessing to everyone, especially those within our faithful family.
Today’s Devotional
From today’s background scripture God might say:
There’s a lot to learn from these few verses, but there are few that really abide by them today. It’s easy to let these words slide passed in your busy world and your culture of isolation where you don’t want to meddle in anyone else’s business. But My direction to you is to love each other. If you do, you’ll be burdened when one of your brothers or sisters slips away. You won’t want to see them fall. You’ll want to help them up, not talk about them on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Love reaches out to help and gently restore those who have fallen away from the path I’ve set for you. Love asks you to carry each others burdens and not let your brothers and sisters go through the trials of life alone. But too often I watch those in My church sit idly by as My children suffer alone and in silence. Sometimes the suffering is well known, but no one steps up to help. What has happened to My love in you? Why does it not reach out like I did to minister to those in need?
Paul tells you well. You reap what you sow. You get back what you give. When you help others in their time of need, you receive the same in return. When you withhold you help, you can expect the same to happen to you. This law of reaping what you sow happens throughout all of nature and is true within the body of Christ as well. Help lift the burdens of others when their load becomes too heavy and you’ll find they will come along side you to help you carry your burdens along your journey of life as well.
I want you to stay dependant on each other. I want you to need each other to carry you through the tough times of life. I want you to help each other so the loads you carry can be shared instead of trying to carry them alone. Life goes so much easier that way. You can share the burdens and lighten the loads. You can help each other when you travel across those rough roads in life so that you can keep each other from stumbling and falling. And if you do fall, someone is there to help you up.
I intend for you to help each other. That’s part of the extension of My grace and mercy. I give you My grace so you can extend it to others. I share My love so you can share it. If you try to hoard it for yourself, you’ll find that My love and My grace will wither away and die in your life. You must give it away to sustain it in yourself. Only through giving of yourself to others, only in extending the grace I give you, only in sharing love can you really keep and grow the love and grace I’ve give to you.
Sow generously. When you do, you will reap a great harvest. Don’t be afraid to give grace and mercy to those around you, especially to your brothers and sisters in Me. You’ll never be sorry you did. Will they give to you in return? It really doesn’t matter. I will and that’s what really matters.
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