Hebrews 10:24
24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds
When life is full of difficulties and struggles, what is your gut reaction? Do you try to handle everything on your own? Do you run away and isolate yourself? How has that worked out for you? People were made to live in community. In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were meant to commune with God, each other, and their future children. Sin destroyed those relationships. Eve thought she could have wisdom without God. Adam blamed Eve for his sin. Their kids inherit the dysfunction as Cain kills Abel!
God repairs relationships that sin breaks. He lived, died, and rose to restore our relationship with Him. He discipled twelve men in order to establish the Church, which would reconnect all peoples with each other. If our relationship with God is so important to Him that He would die for us, then we too should desire relationships of that magnitude, with God and each other.
Written by Kyle Tucker
Prayer prompt: Lord, help me to love those around me better, and to spur them on toward love and good deeds.