We are made to reach out beyond our grasp.
OSWALD CHAMBERS
Dear brothers and sisters, if another Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. Share each others troubles and problems, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody.
Galatians 6:1-3 NLT
Those are some pretty heavy words that the apostle Paul used. If you think you are too important to help someone in need .youre fooling yourself .youre a nobody! When I read this Scripture verse in the New Living Translation, I thought surly the King James is not this blunt, but it was. Share this with me .. For when a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. My drinking buddies and I used to have a little saying that would spring up from time to time. It was something like this, Lets go get drunk and be somebody. Today I get a clear picture of what the apostle Paul meant. You want to be somebody? Help someone in need. Truly great people whether they be spiritual or not, are those who have done something for the less fortunate, or those who have stumbled on their own somehow. A person might be worth billions, or have great wisdom and knowledge, but if they keep it all to themselves you never hear about them except possibly in a negative way. I can see that in my own life my desire to be somebody, needs to be tempered with humility and love. If I am not reaching out to help someone in need, then whatever position I may hold means nothing, and therefore I am nothing also. I have learned from attending AA meetings that if a person is willing to work with others, then God will qualify that person and put just the right situation in front of them as an avenue to help. I am learning that my growth comes only when I am watered those I am willing to help. Cant do much by myself God has done for me what I could not do for myself JRE
Paul told the Galatians to share their troubles with one another. This would bring healing to hurting people and provide opportunities for the believers to help each other. Paul included a special not to encourage those who might be too proud to admit their problems. An essential part of recovery is admitting to others the exact nature of our wrongs. As we share with others, we will discover that much of the burden of our painful past or our addictive tendency will be lifted. With their encouragement and call to accountability, we can shed our painful past and move on to a productive future.
Life Recovery Bible, page 1418
God doesnt call the qualified, but qualifies the called.
(Heard in church and around the tables of AA)
OSWALD CHAMBERS
Dear brothers and sisters, if another Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. Share each others troubles and problems, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody.
Galatians 6:1-3 NLT
Those are some pretty heavy words that the apostle Paul used. If you think you are too important to help someone in need .youre fooling yourself .youre a nobody! When I read this Scripture verse in the New Living Translation, I thought surly the King James is not this blunt, but it was. Share this with me .. For when a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. My drinking buddies and I used to have a little saying that would spring up from time to time. It was something like this, Lets go get drunk and be somebody. Today I get a clear picture of what the apostle Paul meant. You want to be somebody? Help someone in need. Truly great people whether they be spiritual or not, are those who have done something for the less fortunate, or those who have stumbled on their own somehow. A person might be worth billions, or have great wisdom and knowledge, but if they keep it all to themselves you never hear about them except possibly in a negative way. I can see that in my own life my desire to be somebody, needs to be tempered with humility and love. If I am not reaching out to help someone in need, then whatever position I may hold means nothing, and therefore I am nothing also. I have learned from attending AA meetings that if a person is willing to work with others, then God will qualify that person and put just the right situation in front of them as an avenue to help. I am learning that my growth comes only when I am watered those I am willing to help. Cant do much by myself God has done for me what I could not do for myself JRE
Paul told the Galatians to share their troubles with one another. This would bring healing to hurting people and provide opportunities for the believers to help each other. Paul included a special not to encourage those who might be too proud to admit their problems. An essential part of recovery is admitting to others the exact nature of our wrongs. As we share with others, we will discover that much of the burden of our painful past or our addictive tendency will be lifted. With their encouragement and call to accountability, we can shed our painful past and move on to a productive future.
Life Recovery Bible, page 1418
God doesnt call the qualified, but qualifies the called.
(Heard in church and around the tables of AA)
