This devotion has been taken from “The Quiet Place: Daily
Devotional Readings” by Nancy Demoss Wolgemuth.
Sound in Body
Exhort one another
every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by
the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:13
As Christians, we have not been left alone to deal with our
sin. God has graciously put us within a
group of believers who are called to look out for one another and to stand
together against the enemies that would threaten our spiritual strength and
stamina. This family, the body of
Christ, is another wonderful provision, a vital means of grace that God has
given to help us in our pursuit of holiness.
This is why it is so essential for every believer to be in a
committed relationship with a Christ-centered local church. Because while each of us is accountable to
God for our personal holiness, He never intended that we should wage our battle
single-handedly.
Is this an admission
that we are weak and vulnerable? Yes, it
is. I am weak. So are you. And the prideful independence that keeps us
from taking off our mask and getting real before others is the same pride that
inevitably causes us to fall into sin.
Humbling ourselves by letting others into our lives and allowing them to
help us and hold us accountable will release the sanctifying, transforming
grace of God in our hearts. We need this
kind of help from others; they need it from us, as well.
And not just on Sundays.
For as the above verse from Hebrews 3 suggests, it takes less than
twenty four hours for our hearts, any of us, to become hardened or deceived by
sin. None of us can afford to be without
consistent, day-in and day-out accountability of our brothers and sisters in
Christ.
You and I need the
support of our Christian family every day of the week, if we are to make it
spiritually. How could you tap into this
necessary resource in the next twenty four hours?
