Two is better than One

So recently I have talked about being rooted in Christ and using your Christian friends as support and for standing strong when tough situations arise. The thing I have been noticing lately is that even if you have the support, you have to use them. There is no advantage to having people around you who can help you if you do not use them. Ever wonder why kids can to bad in school but their school offers free 1 on 1 tutoring? These students simply do not make every effort to be a good student and to learn everything they can. In the same way, we cannot complain about how our walk is so tough and it is so hard to just use God as a source of strength because everywhere you go you have people dragging you down. The truth is that we just need to seek help from God and those he has put into our lives so that we can persevere. Also, remember that not everyone had people to back them when times got tough. Jesus was abandoned by even Peter during his trial and Noah was believed to be crazy when he was building the ark. Not only was he a man of great faith but he knew what his job was and he gave everything he had in order to complete what he had been called to do and he would not settle for any less. I guess a lot of times when I sin I do not think about the long term effects it could have on me and that is why it does not seem like a big deal sometimes. I think in most cases, people sin because they only see how it affects things at the present time and they do not look at the effect it has now.

The good news is not only do we have the Holy Spirit to guide us every day but God has given most of us a strong support group that follows his ways and can build us up and we are better off because of it. We see in Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!" When we work together to get things done, we find that things are better structured and they are easier to get through because we have support and are working toward a common goal. When we are by ourselves we have no one to push us to the next level and we feel alone a lot of the time even when we know that God is with us. the thought of God can make me warm on the inside yet I still sin against him. The point here is that we need to access every single piece of help that God has given us. We tend to tell people that we can never get stuff done or there is simply no way to get everything done but if we took the time and used the resources given to us, we would be able to do more than we could ever imagine. It is like God is calling you to join the team but you do not want to be playing by yourself. The thing is that we are not playing by ourselves but we are to selfish to pass the ball and to work with others that we feel like no one will help us. We need to open our eyes and see that everyone has been waiting for us to assist and finally get things done. Have you ever watched a basketball game and seen a player get knocked over? The first thing you usually see is one or two players going over to help the player off the floor and give him a hand up. In the same way, we do not like to see our fellow teammates down and so we look out for them and keep them moving forward. God knows that we cannot do it on our own and that is why he has made us a body and not cells. He wants us to be able to support each other and work toward a common goal instead of all of us doing our own thing.

I hope you all had a great day and I hope you are all continuing to seek his glory and his plan for your life. I am praying for all of you and I hope he continues to work in your lives. I know he has started to work in some of your lives and he is continuing to work in others. Go all out and do not let up until he finally calls you home. Sometimes I lose sight of that and need to be reminded of it. I think I will find a way to remind myself more often. Please keep me in your prayers. Oh, and my sister is back in the States! I pray for her every night and I am so glad that God has brought her home. I love you so much Michelle and cannot wait to see you!

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson