Hosanna Restoration Church

(Hebrews 12:15a NLT)

It seems that there has been some confusion in the body of Christ about what God expects of us in our watching one another’s spiritual walk. Here God says that we should look after each other so that no one misses the special favor of God. I think we are more often guilty of watching to catch and curse those who are not walking as we might think is best that we are of looking after them. When I say catch and curse I mean that when we see what we feel is wrong, we may be quicker to judge them and speak wrong things over their lives when we should be praying God’s favor for them.

We need to realize that God’s special favor is for everyone. If fact, I am convinced that he showed me a lot of favor long before I was saved. Anyway, it was favor to me that I did not die with out Him. When it comes to His children, He wants all to experience all of His special favor, and He wants to look after one another. He wants us to encourage one another and remind one another what God has for us.

There are plenty of others around who are more than happy to judge and pick and curse us, without us doing it to one another. So why don’t we just go ahead to do what God has told us to do. Jesus said that He did not come to condemn world, so why should we be so quick to condemn, especially one another.

Judgment and condemnation do a lot to promote bitterness. God warns about a bitter root of unbelief. If we believe that there is anything that God cannot or will not do for any of His children, it is only a matter of time till we doubt everything. When we doubt everything, we have the potential of being very bitter. Then just as God warns, it will infect someone else, and then someone else, until it has created a big batch of sickness.

I think we would all do well to look after each other as a parent looks after a toddler in the park. They are always standing near the swing, or slide, or jungle gym in order to catch them and keep them from being hurt. It should be our greatest desire that no one misses any of the special favor of God, and we can do a lot to help one another by praying and encouraging one another in love.

Is there someone you have been guilty watching and judging, when you could have been looking after them and helped you both to feel better? Help us all Lord and we will be helped.