"For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints." This is our passage of scripture from Hebrews 6:10 and will be the basis for today's short thoughts.
Certainly God is not unjust in any manner of thinking. But today we see that He is specifically mindful of the labor of love demonstrated by ministry within the body of Christ. Perhaps we are prone to forget the necessity to minister to one another.
But there is much scripture directing us in this matter. The following would not be a complete list but includes much of what we find in His word regarding "ministering to the saints". Certainly we are called to love one another. To encourage one another. To admonish one another. To comfort one another. To bear one another's burdens. The word speaks of stimulating one another to good deeds. Accepting one another. Building up one another. Serving one another. Being kind to one another. Showing tolerance to one another. Bearing with one another. Being hospitable to one another. We see that we are to use our God given gifts for one another. To pray for one another and to have fellowship with one another.
When we are surrendered to the Holy Spirit and Christ is living these truths in our lives, we are found to be showing love towards His name. Those who we have been called to minister to in the body of Christ are each one His children. May we be reminded that we are each one recipients of His grace and He dwells within the brother or sister you are called to minister to.
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