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Romans 15: 1, 2 We who are strong ought to bear with
the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please
his neighbor for his good, to build him up. (NIV)
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Whenever two people are together, one is influencing the other.* |
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Which
one are you? Are you the strong one or are you the weak one? I like another
writer’s assessment: “I have never heard anyone say he or she was the weak
person! We always hear the text and identify with the strong (or the right)
person!”*
The
truth is, as Christians, each of is both the strong one and the weak one.
That’s why we need each other. I may be able to prop you up on one side, but
look over and you will see someone else supporting my weak side. But here’s the
thing: we can’t always know another’s weaknesses. Maybe we aren’t even aware of
our own. Paul offers us the solution to this dilemma. “Each of us,” he says,
“should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.”
In
your community of faith, someone is looking to you for clues as to how you
manage your Christian walk. You, in turn, are looking at others to be your
example. If we seek to “emulate Christ who did not please himself,”* we will be bearing with the failings of the weak whether we know it or not.
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Relationships give us a safe place to watch how someone further down the road navigates through life.* |
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