GO AN EXTRA MILE

Few weeks ago I woke up around 1am anticipating a call from a friend I was supposed to pray with about a problem she had. After waiting for some minutes without the call coming through I gave up and was disappointed. I said to myself well she needs it most not I. Suddenly I heard The Lord say to me " Some may not feel at it. Some may not have that extra strength but you don't have to give up on them. " Then He led me to Jude 1:22-23
And on some have compassion, making a distinction;
but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire,hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.


There are different seats of grace. There are also different measures of faith. Some can pray for countless hours others too can pray for 15 minutes a day. Some have faith to heal headaches others have faith to heal cancer and other terminable diseases. The grace and measure of faith that we operate in will determine how far we can go. Its like a weightlifting competition. The one who lifts a metal of 100kg will be quick to get worn out compared to the one who lifts a metal of 250kg.
Again it can be likened to a war zone. In many of the American- Vietnamese war movies that I have watched, you can see that some of The American soldiers get lethargic and the ones with extra strength aid them to carry on. They know they have to defend the flag of The U.S. They know they are one unit and if one is affected it will deplete the strength of the troop.


This illustration works the same way in the kingdom of God. From time to time The Lord sends people our way. Some of them have weaker faith. Some of them may have a passive attitude about their spiritual state. We may think we are justified in leaving them to rot. After all we didn't create that mess. After all they love their condition. After all we've done our bit. We seem to get easily discouraged about people who are not pulling their weight spiritually. God said something to the people of Israel in Ezekiel 16:6
And when I passed by you and saw you "struggling in your own blood", I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!"
Israel had created their own mess through rebellion. When God saw the nation in that deplorable state, He did not turn away from them. They had cheated on Him. I can imagine the heart breaks they caused Him yet He gave them newness of life. First He tells them to live. Again He reiterates that word "LIVE". When God repeats something it shows the importance so the first time He says live. Receive healing for the mess. The second He says receive restoration for the mess.


God decides to put their past and frailties behind and draws them with cords of love. We are not going to see Christ hanging on the cross. Not all of us will see Jesus face to face before rapture but then we are Christ on earth. Jesus said He did what He saw The Father do. We are also called to do what we see in His Word, what The Holy Spirit teaches us personally. Like the Jewish man who was picked up by The Samaritan, people may not have the same social status like we do but we should go that extra mile. We are to see people through His eyes. They may not deserve it. They may be proud and lazy but we should lift them up.
The Father of the prodigal son stood daily at the gates hoping to see His son return. Love raised His expection for His son.


I pray you will receive grace to love and uphold God's people who are weak.
                              Glory To Jesus