1 Thessalonians 5:11
tells us: “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as
you are doing.”
We all crave
encouragement and affirmation. One well-timed encouraging word could not only
positively change the course of someone's day - it could change the course of
their life! Talk about power! But, we often struggle to give those kinds of
words to others.
Why?
Well, let’s think
about it in terms of a bank account. Before you are able to write a check, you
must have enough money in your account to cover the amount of the check. If
your bank account is dangerously close to a zero balance, you’d better not
write a check!
In the same way,
encouraging others is like writing a check. If our internal ‘bank account’ if
full, we find it easy to encourage others. If, on the other hand, we are
internally bankrupt and struggle with our worth and identity, it will be almost
impossible to find it within us to give others the affirmation they would love
to hear.
If we find it hard
to encourage others, we’re publicly showing that we are internally bankrupt.
(Let that thought sink in.)
So, do yourself and
others a favor and cultivate your walk with Jesus. Allow Him to fill your
internal bank account as you meditate on just how much He loves you and what
He’s done to bring you into relationship with Him. Enjoy sweet fellowship with
Him each day, get regular deposits into your internal bank account and write
checks of encouragement to those you encounter. Who knows how God could use you
to positively impact someone else!
1 Thessalonians 5:11
"Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are
doing."
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