Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer 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. 2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. 3 If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.
4 Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. 5 For we are each responsible for our own conduct.
6 Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them.
7 Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. 9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. 10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.
Terrie's Comments:
There are some great tips in this passage today. Help everyone. When you see a brother or sister overcome by sin we are to help them... I think all to often we in the church tend to fall into the pit of judging (even if that isn't what we call it) instead of helping. If we fall into the judgement pit are we not also considering ourselves too good to help... then we are only fooling ourselves... We are not that important!
Do good to everyone - ESPECIALLY to those in the family of faith.
Live to please the Spirit so you will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.
Do not get tired of doing what is good! You will reap a harvest if you do not give up!
Tori's Comments:
Let everything I do be saturated in love-- be that helping a brother or sister or trying to gently advise them.
Vs.3 though... I love it so much! I have definitely gotten into the frame of mind that somehow my time or my stuff is more important than others when that obviously isn't true. The whole idea of become 'the least' flees from me and I'm blinded by my own arrogance to advance the kingdom of God.
The satisfaction of a job well done is satisfying indeed. It's also something I have to remind myself of when procrastination comes knocking.
And always, always, always, think of doing good to others, never forgetting you are a servant (and also a daughter/son) to the King.
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