Spurred On

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching"- Hebrews 10:23-25 (NIV).

There was a time in my life that I didn't attend church regularly; if I was honest I'd say there were long stretches that I slept in on Sunday mornings. I reasoned that I worked hard, I was tired, God knew I loved Him and I was honoring the Sabbath in my own special way. It can become a habit. God kept putting people and Scripture in my life encouraging me to go and worship with other believers. King David said, "I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord"" (Psalm 122:1). He rejoiced with "those" and today's Scripture says to consider how "we" may spur one another on. You're aware of how it feels to wake up and your arm is asleep, numb. It feels like dead weight. Comparatively, we make up the body of Christ and sometimes there are members of His body who have fallen asleep. They need to be tended to, not overlooked. We are instructed to consider how we can spur one another on, wake them up; then the life flows back into the sleeping member and what was once dead weight becomes healthy and vibrant producing love and good deeds.