"A Word To the Weak"

We live in a society that adores strength and worships success. People love power. People are drawn to those with physical strength. Where does all this lead? To running over the weak and counting those as weak as in the way! This attitude has made its way into the church of our Lord. Members of Christ's body view themselves as mature, wise and strong. They view others with a little attitude of contempt because they have not matured as themselves. Over the years I have watched men and women run over the top of those that are weak and quiet. People in Christ treating others as they are nothing.

Let me say this about the weak (because I am speaking about myself). No matter what you think or if you think your years of service have given you a special place, the weak are as saved as you if they are holding to Christ! It doesn't matter if they are new in Christ, if they struggle in their weakness but hold to the promises with all their heart, the weak are saved and are important to Jesus! Jesus is for the weak! God did not give the strong their place to look down or sneer at those with weakness. A person that looks down their nose at the weak is really weak themselves. They have not matured enough to realize the strong are to "bear the weakness of those without strength and not just please ourselves." (Rom. 15:1)

When we speak of those weak, that's me and you! We are what we are because of Christ. We aren't special and come into a knowledge of God without the help of God. It's not our doings. It's all His doings that we are in Christ (I Cor. 1:30). Some act like they have arrived and are so far ahead of others. We are saved, all of us, by the blood of Christ. That blood covers my sins, my weaknesses and failures. That blood is what brings us near and into the presence of God. No one is ahead of another. If you're in Christ, you are as saved as you will ever be! We need to mature and grow in Him, but that doesn't mean I am becoming more saved. One is saved or lost! There is no gradual growing into being saved. Do you remember the day you were baptized into Christ? Reflect on that just a moment. Recall it in your mind. What was that day about? Having all your sins washed away, becoming pure and clean in the sight of God. That day still holds as long as you hold to Jesus with all your heart. In the end, your strength will be Him, not your own. If you are one to look down on others less fortunate or feel superior because of your years of service, you might look closely and see that you indeed have wandered away from the strength of His might and are the weakest of the bunch! Now that's a thought worth contemplating!