Hebrews 10:24-25 tells us, “and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” I know that I do not have to look too hard at any assembly to see Christians that can inspire me. It may be the grandmother that takes the extra effort to make sure her grandchildren are at services or the elderly women that braves frigid weather and her own poor health to worship with saints. It is the man that comes in his work clothes because he has just left his job, or the working parent that comes to teach Bible class even though they still have a days worth of work left for them at home. It is these folks that show me there are still people dedicated to the Lord and know the value of worshiping him and being with those of like faith. They inspire me to keep the faith and to resist my own feeble excuses. They inspire me to do more, to reach out and help. In short, they help me be a better Christian. And that’s just one Wednesday night.
Ok, I know you have seen the image. A lion tamer enters in the cage of the beast and forces it to obey his commands using a whip, a gun and a chair. Now you can see how the whip and gun could come in handy but you might be wondering why a chair would intimidate an animal as powerful as a lion? Clyde Beatty taming a lion with a chair It's not that the lion is afraid of the chair -- it's that the lion is confused by the chair. Cats are single-minded, and the points of the chair's four legs bobbing around confuse the lion enough that it loses its train of thought. Casually put, the chair distracts the lion from wanting to claw the lion tamer's face off. The powerful creature could destroy the chair in moment’s notice but instead it is distracted into submission. It’s not too much different than how Satan controls us today. By the power of God we could overcome anything that he would use to subdue us. We can overcome the evil one (1 st John 2:13-14). ...
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