Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works. – Hebrews 10:24
Jesus spoke in the Sermon on the Mount about people being anxious and worried about physical things in life – what they would eat or drink, or clothing they would wear. He told them not to be anxious, “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these” (Matthew 6:28-29).
“Consider,” Jesus said. It means to observe, to study, to look at closely. Today’s verse uses the same word, but the writer references what you are to do in the congregation of faith. The thought of some believers, when they assemble with others, is how it will benefit themselves or what they will personally get out of the service or prayer meeting. The meaning of “consider” carries a responsibility for you.
Observe and be attentive to those with whom you worship. Many will have a need that might only be shared if you take the time to sincerely ask about their welfare and purposefully listen. Others may be in the midst of temptation or trial and need encouragement to lean on God to stand strong against the evil one.
“Consider” is a call to support others in their commitment to God, to love one another more, to inspire a life of holiness, and to stir up one another to a life of being loving and helpful to others. In today’s times, those in positions of authority in this nation need the same encouragement. Assure them of your prayers for them to make decisions based on the truth and God’s Word.
Today’s Verse: Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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Recommended for further reading: Hebrews 3:7-14
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
9 where your fathers put me to the test
and saw my works for forty years.
10 Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;
they have not known my ways.’
11 As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest.’”
12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
