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Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2 NLT). Glory to God!
Grayson Peace, beloved. Today is Wednesday, March 25th, 2026. My name is RJ and it's
my honor to welcome you to another episode of God is Faithful and just, with a
focus on all things relational. And again, family, we like to ask the question,
how are you? How are things going with you? Are you well? Are you contending with the
world? Is the Holy Spirit opening your mind and your heart to see things the
way he sees things? To redirect your attention to the things that are above,
not the things that are in this world because, you know, as my daughter in
Grayson, I was watching something together on yesterday or the day before
concerning social media and it talked about the different, not benefits, but the
lack thereof, the different disadvantages, if you will, that one person has, that
is attached to social media compared to the person who is not. You know, one of
them is distractions, you know, social media and the things in this world, you
know, it continues to distract one, it keeps your mind on the tangible, instead of
the intangible, keeps your mind on the visible, instead of the invisible, and if we
know when it comes to our fight and our warfare, then our fight is not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities and rulers and high
places, dark places, wickedness. If we know that it's how our fight is, how much
more can we deduce from the things that we interact with daily? It may not seem
like it's a fight or a war when it comes to, I guess, like, say, let's just
watch a TV or interacting with someone going to work or coming from work or
at work. You know, these things in and of themselves may seem innocent, and then
in a moment, they likely may be, but what we need to ascertain is what is
the depth behind what is going on in that moment. What is the underlying, or
the underlying emphasis that could cause us to be detoured or taken off the
course that the Lord has prepared for us to remember the work that God has
before or day that we should walk in. We want to be in alignment with that. We
don't want to be distracted at any moment to where it's taking time away from
what the Lord our God is doing. So in your daily walk family, keep in mind what
you're listening to, conversations that you're having. Remember we're walking
towards resurrection Sunday as well. We want to stay focused on the things of
God so that we could be in alignment because remember the place of
agreement is a point of power. It's a place of power. So we want to be in
agreement and alignment with God's word. It would bat what he's doing so that we
can exercise the power that he has imputed unto us. Father God, we thank you
today. We bless and praise your holy name. You are worthy to be praised. As we turn
to you Lord God another day, another opportunity to receive of you to hear
from you. We do so God knowing that you have a plan and a purpose for us. You
have a work that we are to walk in and walk out. You have before or day in this
work that in Christ Jesus we might be or who you've called and created us to be.
This is your desire. This is our desire now Lord God. That we might be one with
you that we might not only acknowledge your presence but yield to your
presence, yield to your will and your way so that in doing so we are empowered by
that which you have before or day in for us to exuberate to to to exemplify to
carry out. So we're thankful that as we look forward to receiving this day
our daily bread, it will cause us to be all that you've created as to be. We love
you. We honor and praise you. And it's in the mighty magnificent name of
Jesus our Lord. We offer this prayer. Family indeed. God is truly good. Our
scripture to remember this morning throughout this week to meditate and to
live out has been John 1721 a prayer of Jesus the Messiah praying to the Father.
He says that they may all be one just as you Father and me and I and you that
they also may be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. And
again remember our structure our framework we've been taken we take a
scripture and we break it apart and we allow that scripture to to give us
based on the Holy Spirit's leading and guiding give us concepts and contrasts
and comparison. So yesterday we were at the end of this particular verse 21
never going to go back to the beginning. So the concept in the contracts the
Lord has or the contracts and the comparison that the Lord has given us from
this verse today is independence versus interdependence. And we're taking like
I said the part from the beginning with Jesus says that they may all be one. This
is the beginning of the verse 21. In this family again it coincides with our
focus on resurrection Sunday. I would need to to understand the
culmination and significance of Jesus given his life to reconcile our
relationship with the Father as well as with one another. We have already
established for the past two days that Jesus had a multipurpose for his
sacrificial act of love on the day of the cross resurrection Sunday. His
his purpose was to redeem our relationship with the Father and with one
another, interdependence, not independence. Jesus didn't go to the cross to
create isolated believers. He went to the cross to create a family, a people of
community shaped by his love and empowered by his spirit. You know life
under God it often leads to independence. Things like I'll carry my burdens
alone. I'll fix myself. Yeah I'll be strong. Yeah I'll be strong for God. I'll
need to burden God. I'll be strong. He's given me all that I need. I'm good by
myself. He can sit back and rest. No God is active and at work. And the
cross family it exposes the limits of independence. Even Jesus himself and his
humanity leaned on his disciples and gets them any. Remember when you know
hours before the crucifixion when he went out to get somebody to pray he
brought the disciples with him and he asked them to watch and pray with him. He
modeled interdependence, not independence. Life with God means we walk
together, sharing burdens, praying for one another, encouraging one another,
forgiving one another, and most of all loving one another family. The
resurrection forms us into a people who who are connected, not isolated, a
people who reflect the unity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. A people who
who show the world what divine love looks like in human relationships. My Lord
my God as we said on yesterday they will know you are my disciples but the love
you have won toward another. So as we journey family throughout life and in
particular toward Easter or resurrection Sunday that's coming up. Allow these
truths to settle in your heart and that is the risen Christ forms a risen
community. We rise together, we walk together, we grow together, we share
one another's burdens. If one sorrows we all sorrow, one rejoice we all rejoice. Allow
the essence of what community unity and one is meant to Jesus then and I guarantee
you will understand how vital it is to us now. The two postures first the
contrast to compare concerning independence versus interdependence are life
under God versus life with God. Life under God says we walk alone, carry burdens
alone, pray alone. Life with God says we walk together, carry burdens together
and pray together. The scripture that the Holy Spirit has given us to flesh out
this concept of independence versus interdependence is Galatians chapter 6 verse
2 it says you guessed it bear one another's burdens and we will read this
portion of scripture this morning from the NLT the new lemon translation we
reading verses 1 through 10 Paul notes dear brothers and sisters if another
believer is overcome by some sin you who are godly should gently and humbly
help that person back onto the right path and be careful not to fall into the
same temptation yourself share each other's burdens and in this way obey the
law of Christ if you think you are too important to help someone you are only
fooling yourself you are not that important pay careful attention to your own
work yes for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done and you
won't need to compare yourself to anyone else for we are each responsible for our
own conduct those who are taught the word of God should provide for their
teachers sharing all good things with them don't be misled you cannot mark the
justice of God you will always harvest what you plan those who live only to
satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that
sinful nature but those who live to please the spirit will harvest everlasting
life from the spirit so let's not get tired of doing what is good at just the
right time we will reap a harvest of blessings if we don't give up therefore
whenever we have the opportunity we should do good to everyone especially to
those in the family of faith glory hallelujah thank you for your word dear God
friends family this chapter Galatians verse two six six two in particular it
it calls us to bear one another's burden family this this is family this is
resurrection life in action the cross it reconciles us to God the resurrection
binds us to one another this indeed is the oneness that Jesus prayed for in
chapters 17 of the gospel of John portion of scripture that we're focusing on
this week Jesus prayed for community family not isolated believers life for
God means we learn to lean on one another to confess to one another to encourage
one another support one another and to forgive one another the cross that only
reconciles us to God it reconciles us to each other so reflect on this family
where do I need to let others into my journey who is God calling me to walk
with more intentional and let this be a challenge for the day that you pray
with someone 30 seconds a minute two minutes pray with someone glory hallelujah
thank you Father God for your word this morning let it be a fruit in our hearts
and in our soul let you might get the honor of the praise and the glory and the
mighty magnificent name of Jesus our Lord family let us not forget that Jesus has
called us to be one with another and in doing so be a blessing also to those
around you grace and peace be with you and we look forward to being with you
here again on tomorrow
