Hebrews 12:12-13 KJV
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
We must carefully see that this exhortation is not so much that we as Christians lift up the hands of others who are faint, but that we lift up our own hands and strengthen our own feeble knees after having been chastened of the Lord.
Chastening is never joyous and we are not asked to act as if it is. However the benefits of the chastening of the Lord are so numerous and the implications attached to the fact that the Lord would chasten us are so encouraging that, while we do not rejoice in the chastening, we may certainly rejoice in its fruit.
So what is expected of us is clear; let not the believer linger in self pity and depression. Lift up our hands, straighten our knees, make our paths straight and move right on for the glory of God. If we continue in our lame spirit it will be to our undoing. God has equipped us with whatever we need to be healthy in the spirit. Accept that healing and go on in peace and holiness for Jesus Christ!
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
We must carefully see that this exhortation is not so much that we as Christians lift up the hands of others who are faint, but that we lift up our own hands and strengthen our own feeble knees after having been chastened of the Lord.
Chastening is never joyous and we are not asked to act as if it is. However the benefits of the chastening of the Lord are so numerous and the implications attached to the fact that the Lord would chasten us are so encouraging that, while we do not rejoice in the chastening, we may certainly rejoice in its fruit.
So what is expected of us is clear; let not the believer linger in self pity and depression. Lift up our hands, straighten our knees, make our paths straight and move right on for the glory of God. If we continue in our lame spirit it will be to our undoing. God has equipped us with whatever we need to be healthy in the spirit. Accept that healing and go on in peace and holiness for Jesus Christ!
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