Do
you want to know why the Body of Christ has been in such a mess over
the past few years? Do you want to know why the devil has been able to
make a public display of our weaknesses? Do you want to know why,
instead of being unified and strong, we've often been torn apart by
division and criticisms that come not from without but within?
It
is because, as the Lord said in Hebrews, the people of God have need of
milk and not of strong meat. They're babies! The people of God for the
most part don't know His ways.
That's why He's commissioned you
and me to train believers who are unskilled in the Word of righteousness
and help bring them to maturity.
"Sure," you say, "you're a
preacher, but what about me? What can I do?" Well, I'll tell you. I
believe God has called us both to do something. You'll find it in
Hebrews 3:13. "Exhort one another daily, while it is called today."
That's
no longer just a Bible verse to me. It's a direct command from the
Lord. Gloria and I received that command a few years ago when we were
preaching in Australia. It prompted us to step out in faith on daily
television. But it's not a command that was just meant for us. It's one
we all must obey in our own way.
"Exhort one another daily." Pray
over that scripture today, won't you? Fellowship with your Father over
it. Ask Him how He wants you to fulfill that command. He may tell you to
help support ministries like Gloria's and mine that teach the
uncompromised Word of God daily. He may tell you to fill yourself so
full of His Word that it spills out on everyone you meet and encourages
them to go on—and grow on—in Jesus.
Whatever
He says, do it! There's a Church full of spiritual babies out there and
more are being born all the time. You can help bring them from milk to
meat. Begin to exhort them. Today.
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