Dear Family,
Today is Monday, May 22, 2023. It is Day 44; Day 2 of Week 7 in our Count to Pentecost.
Some of the experiences Israel had in the days just prior to their encounter with God at Mt. Sinai provide some of the most valuable lessons of the entire journey. While we can put a lot of attention on Amalek and the treacherous devices he uses against us personally, we must also remember that we have brethren who may be even more feeble and vulnerable to devastating attacks than we are.
Deuteronomy 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Apparently, Amalek never fought a fair fight. In fact, it appears that Amalek never actually attacked an army. Rather, Amalek took out the weak, struggling ones first. And, God wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves. So, what do we do to help?
Our Savior said that one of the ways it becomes obvious to others that we are His disciples is when we have love one to another. And, not only does it become obvious to others, such love also makes it more and more obvious to us and to God that we are His disciples.
John 13:34-35 (34) A new commandment I give unto you; That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (35) By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.
As we prepare to assemble before God on Pentecost, let us make a concerted effort to strengthen and care for our brethren; all of them. Most certainly, let us not look down upon them because they are having difficulty in their journey.
Passages in the New Testament indicate how God prizes our care of others. We find one example of this in the book of Romans.
Romans 16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
May God give us eyes to see the needs of our brethren and the hearts to respond to them with God’s love.
Ben Faulkner, Pastor
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