By Example

“Rouse one another to love and good works.” Hebrews 10:24

How do we do this? I believe we can rouse one another to love and good works by being a good example. If we want to be a good example, we really cannot do it on our own but have to go to the source of love and good works first. We have to get water from the well. We should not bring around an empty pail in the hopes we can fill it up along the way. 

Many of us run on empty. We do not take the time to stop and linger with the water bearer, the keeper of the well. He is waiting for us patiently. He will teach us how to love, how to encourage, how to stop and be mindful of what others are going through. If someone needs encouragement, He will give us the words, or He will show us a hug is enough. If we make a mistake, He will give us the courage to admit it and ask forgiveness. If someone is sick, He has given us promises of healing we can claim for one another. Truly the well will never run dry. 

There’s a song that goes, “Come to the water, stand by my side, I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied, I felt every tear drop, when in darkness you cried And I strove to remind you, It's for those tears I died" Indeed He died so we will have fullness of life which we can share with others.