What a difference a day makes!

Last night, Wednesday evening, we had at our house, our Connection Group. What our church calls connection groups is nothing more than a group of people/friends, who circle up and "do life together". We are admonished in Galatians 6:2 to carry or “bear” one another’s burdens. That same verse goes on to say that when we do, “we fulfill the law of Christ”. That’s some pretty weighty stuff!

It is almost like a paradox. (One of the things I LOVE about God’s word are all the paradoxes. Humans at times feel they are so intelligent and yet we know absolutely nothing…especially compared to the mind of God! But I digress.) Since we are under grace, we have a freedom, a liberty in Christ, and yet we are told by bearing one another’s burdens we fulfill the law of Christ. This topic needs further investigation and I will jump on this very soon.

In the meantime, back to last night...
We had a new member stop by our little group. She is a new believer and what a joy it was to have her there. Like every single one of us that are believers, she was lost, but now she is found. She was dead in her sins and now she has a new life in Christ! Jesus meets us and accepts us right where we are. We can’t get “cleaned up” for Him. No sir! If we try, then we are diluting and perverting the gospel. And since we all come from different backgrounds, different childhoods, different circumstances and life experiences, different everything, then her story is uniquely hers. It may be similar to yours or someone you know, but it is not…it is hers.

I will not go into any detail about her only to say how precious she is to the Lord and therefore to us. She has struggles and problems, like we all do. But I am convinced of this (and we discussed this a little last night) that there is no such thing as coincidence. I told her I heard once that Jewish Rabbi’s claim that ‘coincidence is not kosher’. If we believe that kind of statement, then we believe that God truly is in control of the universe. If that is true, then we also believe that God ordains and orders our steps. Therefore, coincidence can never happen.. God supernaturally engineers all our circumstances.

I am convinced that this person, and hopefully one day her husband, are in our lives because the Lord wants them in our lives. As a group, we MUST fulfill the law of Christ. I am convinced there is not an “option” here. We must put into practice what we believe. We must, not because it gains us salvation or anything along those lines. We must because the love of Christ compels us.

What a difference a day makes! Why did I choose that title? Who is going to walk into your life…into your group that needs to have help with their burden? What are you going to do when they cross your path? Are you keeping your “spiritual antennae” up so that you are looking out for what God is doing and the circumstances He is engineering around and with you?

It could and will make all the difference to the person whom you meet. God has you in their life for a reason. Find out what it is.