The Daily Word

 

Firstly, thanks to all who contributed effort in any way to Becky’s baptism. We sought to honour the Lord, and I believe we achieved that and ‘launched’ Becky on her Christian pathway. Pray for her this week, particularly, as Satan usually challenges those who seek to serve our Saviour.

 In one of the early letters Paul wrote to the churches he had helped to found in what was then Asia Minor, we find these challenging words to that particular church members but which we will do well to emulate. “Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ”. I realise that all of us have our own burdens that we commit to the Lord for His guidance and because of our own situation, we don’t tend to look far from ourselves. But Paul says, “This is the law of Christ”. So because we have a command from such a high source, ought we not to obey Him?

 To know other people’s burdens, we need to take an interest in them, without being inquisitive. No-one likes intrusive questioning but in casual conversation, different hints get dropped which may give us a clue, which we can gently ask about later.

 The reason it is the law of Christ is that He bore our burden of sin when He died at Calvary. If He could do that for us, then we too should seek to do it for others. Not easy, I know, but worth it in the end as we are hopefully helping them and also serving God.

Article written by Brian Preston, Elder @SFGH Church