I watched two four year olds – twins, a boy and a girl – on holiday. They were ‘spurring each other on’, gathering handfuls of sand on the beach and then running down to the water together to throw it into the sea. They seemed to be unanimous in purpose, neither willing to let the other go it alone but happily doing it together.
I am so convinced that this is not just for social purposes, although that is good as well, but getting together as Christians has to be INTENTIONAL, to encourage each other to live life well for Jesus. As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another (Proverbs 27:17) or, as The Message puts it: You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another. The Amplified Bible mentions to ‘show worthy purpose’. I want my Christian life to be as full of purpose as a four year old intent on filling the sea with sand!
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